A ruthless teenage Dublin gang with as many as ten members have residents living in fear after they smashed up a family home while two children with special needs were inside.
The heartless group targeted the house on Ellensborough Avenue last Thursday night at around 10:20pm.
The gang were armed with pipes and bricks which they used to smash the front window of the house and the windows of a car that was parked outside.
Speaking anonymously to a local group on Facebook, the mother said her children have been left "traumatised" following the incident.
She said: "I have five children, two with special needs. My daughter was viciously attacked one week ago and I believe it could possibly have been by the same gang.
"My children have been traumatised by this attack. There was a gang of about ten teenagers involved.
An eye-witness to the incident added: "They smashed the front windows of the house and the rear window of the car.
"We ran out after them but they ran off towards Killinarden. Locals fear that this group is the same ones who have been violently assaulting residents on a weekly basis and setting fires beside Mr Price in the area.
A spokesman for Gardaí told Dublin Live: "We are investigating an incident of criminal damage that occurred at a property on Ellensborough Avenue, Tallaght.
He added: "No arrests have been made and investigations are ongoing."
