Police appeal after 'taser gun' attacks in Belfast

A man in his 60's has been attacked with a man carrying a taser gun, who also threatened staff with the suspected weapon in Belfast.

The victim was pinned to the ground and punched by a man believed to have been carrying a taser gun near City Hall at around 7pm on Saturday.

He was treated at the scene by the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service.

Police believe a robbery at commercial premises on North Queen Street later that night is linked to the attack.

Two men, one armed with a taser gun, threatened a member of staff before fleeing with a sum of money.

While uninjured, the worker was left badly shaken by the incident.

Detective Sergeant Eric Fairfield said: "The suspect is described as being of a heavy build, with black hair and thought to be aged in his late twenties. He is reported to have worn a red Adidas tracksuit top that was zipped with a white hood underneath, black tracksuit bottoms with white stripes down the side and white trainers."

"Our enquiries are at an early stage, and I would appeal to anyone who saw what happened to get in touch with us.

"We believe these two incidents may be linked and I want to appeal to anyone who has information about either of them and which may assist our investigation, or who witnessed either incident to call detectives at Musgrave on the non emergency number 101, quoting reference number 38 of 28/04/19 or 1044 of 27/04/19."