Police in Derry/Londonderry are investigating public disorder in the Lecky Road and Lone Moor Road areas on Friday 25th July.
Shortly after 7pm on Friday evening, police were made aware of two large groups of rival football supporters in the area attacking each other near the Lecky Road flyover with sticks, bats and iron bars and causing damage to buildings and cars parked in the area. A teenage boy and a man aged in his 20’s sustained injuries as a result of this incident and were taken to hospital for treatment. Further disorder then occurred in the vicinity of the Brandywell stadium during and after a football match which was taking place. Officers were in attendance and worked along with stadium staff to bring the disorder under control. No arrests have been made at this time.
Superintendent William Calderwood said: “We believe that the disorder we witnessed on Friday evening was pre-arranged and we will be reviewing all available footage to identify those involved. I would ask anyone with information or footage which could assist us with our enquiries to contact officers at Strand Road on 101, quoting reference number 1637 25/07/25. A report can be submitted online using the non-emergency reporting form via http://www.psni.police.uk/makeareport/ or you can also contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or online at http://crimestoppers-uk.org/.”