Children ‘distraught’ after attack on parents

Police are hunting for three masked men who carried out a “despicable” attack on a couple in their home in Paisley in front of two young children.

The attackers were dressed in white forensictype suits, with their faces covered with masks.

The men were armed with bladed weapons when they forced their way into the house in Paisley’s Ferguslie Park Avenue at 7:50pm on Monday.

A man suffered serious head injuries and is being treated at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, with Police Scotland treating the attack on him as attempted murder.

A woman was also taken to Glasgow Royal Infirmary, but was released after treatment.

While the two children were not hurt, they were left in a “very distraught state”, police said.

Officers have still to establish a motive for the attack, but it is believed the couple involved was specifically targeted.

Detective Inspector Ross Macdonald, from Paisley CID said: “The injuries that the man sustained were so serious that the incident is being treated at attempted murder.”