By Ross Ibbetson For Mailonline
Published: 16:42 BST, 19 April 2019 | Updated: 17:03 BST, 19 April 2019
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A pensioner is fighting for his life after being shot with a crossbow while trying to fix a satellite dish on his rural home just after midnight on Friday morning.
Police are hunting for an attacker who they believe shot the 74-year-old man outside his isolated bungalow on the outskirts of Holyhead on Anglesey, North Wales.
The victim suffered 'horrendous life-changing injuries' from the bolt but was able to stagger into his house and phone for an ambulance after trying to fix the dish on his home.
Police were called at 2.45am after doctors at Ysbyty Gwynedd hospital in Bangor discovered the projectile.
The 74-year-old was outside his bungalow-style home (pictured) trying to fix a faulty satellite dish in the early hours of Friday morning
The police outside the property - they are appealing for anyone who might have footage of the incident but said it was an