Boy hit by brick as jubilant Tyrone fans head home
A seven-year-old boy needed hospital treatment after he was hit in the face by a brick when Tyrone fans were attacked as they returned home from the All Ireland final.
He was among a group of people in a mini-bus which was stoned in Co Armagh. A 12-year-old girl was treated for shock.
Police arrested four men in Cookstown when they moved in to keep rival crowds apart. There was also trouble in Strabane and Dungannon where other Tyrone fans were ambushed by stone throwers.
The trouble followed Tyrone’s victory over Kerry before more than 82,000 fans at Croke Park.
Thousands of fans are preparing to welcome the team home tonight.
The injured boy was from Dungannon and was in a 15-seater bus when it was attacked in Edenaveys on the Newry Road.
In Cookstown, a petrol bomb, fireworks and other missiles were launched at police in the William Street and Old Street areas of the town.
The PSNI also confirmed three cars were burnt out in the wake of Tyrone’s Croke Park triumph over Kerry, the county’s second All Ireland title in three years.
Meanwhile, a press photographer was attacked in Strabane as he took pictures of jubilant fans. He was not seriously injured but his camera equipment was damaged.
A police spokeswoman confirmed two men were arrested for riotous behaviour in Dungannon, while a third was taken into custody for disorderly behaviour.
A fourth man was arrested for common assault after a child was struck with a missile while sitting in a car in Perry Street.
Two cars were burnt out in the town after one was set ablaze near the Stangmore roundabout on the Moy Road.
In Cookstown, a car was set on fire in the Old Town area, while security barriers leading to the centre of the town were temporarily closed by a crowd.
