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| Assault leaves teenager critical | Assault leaves teenager critical |
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| A teenager is critically ill after being attacked in west Belfast. | A teenager is critically ill after being attacked in west Belfast. |
| The 19-year-old suffered head injuries when he was assaulted as he made his way home from a night out along the Upper Springfield Road. | |
| It is understood he was attacked by several people who got out of a car at a lay-by at about 0230 BST on Friday. | |
| The teenager is being treated in Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital. Police said they were trying to establish a motive for the attack. | |
| PSNI scenes of crime officers have been examining a 100-metre stretch of footpath, close to the junction with the Springfield and Whiterock roads. | |
| Sinn Fein's Janice Austin said people in the area were shocked. | |
| "He (the victim) seems to be very well known in the area. The community is very annoyed that a young person on a night out was attacked," she said. | |
| The young man is said to be critically ill but stable. | |
| A police spokesman appealed for anyone who was in the area at the time or who witnessed the attack to contact them. | A police spokesman appealed for anyone who was in the area at the time or who witnessed the attack to contact them. |