A father has told how he was attacked when trouble erupted in a village.
Police are investigating after youths went on the rampage through Sion Mills in Co Tyrone .
The man was treated for injuries to his face and back on Tuesday night.
Roadworks security barriers were dragged across the main Derry to Dublin road and bricks and bottles were thrown at passing vehicles shortly before midnight.
Police reported one of their cars was hit with a number of stones.
The local father, who did not want to be identified, said he was attacked after moving the barricade from the road.
He added: “I called to the youths not to come near me, that I was clearing the road, but they started throwing missiles at me.
“I then made my way home but I could hear them behind me with iron bars and bricks banging on the shop shutters.
“I have a little 11-month-old daughter at home and I didn’t want these people near my house so I stopped away from my house and they overpowered me.
“There were maybe 12 or 15 of them.
“I got hit by an iron bar on my back trying to protect myself and had a brick thrown at my face.”
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