Disorder, Fountain Hill, Derry
25 May 2009
Police in Derry have warned that members of the public could have been seriously injured as a result of an incident in Duke Street in the early hours of Monday morning, 25 May.
Shortly before 2.20am, police responded to the area after a group of people began to gather in the middle of the road.
As officers at Fountain Hill were preventing a group of disorderly males from the crowd from moving onto Fountain Hill/ Spencer Road, one of the males released the hand-brake in a police car, causing it to roll back into a barrier at Duke Street.
A male aged in his early 20s was arrested at the scene in connection with the disorder.
An officer was struck in the back with a stone or missile but did not require hospital treatment.
Enquiries into the incident are ongoing, anyone with information should contact police by calling police in Londonderry on 0845 600 8000. Alternatively, information about crime can be passed anonymously to the Crimestoppers charity by contacting 0800 555 111.
