{"id":254923,"date":"2025-12-28T01:39:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T01:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/254923\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T01:39:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T01:39:15","slug":"police-investigating-double-attempted-murder-in-bangor-find-a-mans-body-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/254923\/","title":{"rendered":"Police investigating double attempted murder in Bangor find a man\u2019s body \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Police investigating the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/crime-law\/2025\/12\/25\/psni-search-for-suspect-armed-with-knife-and-hammer-following-co-down-stabbing-attack\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/crime-law\/2025\/12\/25\/psni-search-for-suspect-armed-with-knife-and-hammer-following-co-down-stabbing-attack\/\">attempted murder of two people<\/a> in Co <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/down\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/down\">Down<\/a> on Christmas Eve have found the body of a man.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Formal identification of the body would take place in due course, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/police-service-of-northern-ireland-psni\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/police-service-of-northern-ireland-psni\/\">Police Service of Northern Ireland<\/a> (PSNI) said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">A man aged in his 20s and a woman in her 50s had been taken to hospital with serious injuries after a stabbing attack in the Chippendale Avenue area of Bangor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Police had previously said one of them was in a critical condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">In an update on Saturday, police said both had been discharged following treatment and officers appealed for a man to contact them in relation to the attack.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"PSNI officers were seeking to make contact with Jonathan Baker in connection with the Christmas Eve stabbing in Bangor\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766885955_564_IPW4V2YARJEFBDV33X7N3ZJPFM.png\"   width=\"800\" height=\"1082\"\/>PSNI officers were seeking to make contact with Jonathan Baker in connection with the Christmas Eve stabbing in Bangor <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Police said this man, Jonathan Baker (54), was last pictured in the Coniston Road area of Bangor at around 3.55pm on Christmas Eve and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/crime-law\/2025\/12\/27\/psni-name-man-they-wish-to-speak-with-following-stabbing-in-co-down\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/crime-law\/2025\/12\/27\/psni-name-man-they-wish-to-speak-with-following-stabbing-in-co-down\/\">they released a photo as part of an appeal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Later on Saturday, police said they had located the body of a man. \u2013 Press Association<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police investigating the attempted murder of two people in Co Down on Christmas Eve have found the 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