A young Irishman is reportedly in a serious condition in a San Diego hospital after a savage assault.
Evan White, a Cork student currently overseas on a J1 visa, was out celebrating his 21st birthday when he was set upon by a number of assailants and badly beaten.
It is understood he became separated from his group of friends, and was later found unconscious inside an alleyway. Emergency services rushed him to hospital in a critical condition.
The motive for the attack, or the identity of the perpetrators, remains unclear.