PSNI officers attacked in Derry

09/07/2005 - 08:42:42
A number of police officers in the North have been injured following disturbances in Derry in the early hours of this morning.

They were responding to a serious assault outside licensed premises on the Strand Road at about 2am.

A crowd threw large stones at police, and scaffolding on the street was torn down and used against officers.

Five men were arrested for public order offences.