Police investigating a trio of incidents which saw a man attacked and a car torched before gunshots were heard the following day have confirmed the incidents were ‘linked and targeted’.
Officers have now arrested and charged two suspects in connection with the serious assault of a man during a disturbance in Ardrossan on Friday, August 12.
Emergency services were called to the scene on Eglinton Road, near Dalry Road, where they discovered a badly hurt 20-year-old man near a damaged car at around 1am.
He was rushed to Crosshouse Hospital for treatment after suffering a head injury. Two men, aged 19 and 41, have been charged in connection and are set to appear at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court on Thursday.
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