Police are investigating claims of a brutal attack on a same sex couple in Derry which left one woman with severe facial injuries.
The women, who we have not named, reported being attacked on Saturday afternoon.
One of the women said: “On Saturday afternoon at around 1.45 [we] were attacked by a group of four to five fellas and a girl after confronting them for almost crashing into us twice and then driving like absolute maniacs in a built up area full of children.
“They were driving at speed on the paths were children play including our nephews.
“After confronting [them] I was attacked and then suddenly they all were on to me, punching, kicking, pulling my hair, spitting.
“They turned on [my fiance] after she tried to break it up.
“After finally being able to escape back to the car, we attempted to drive away but were blocked by their car, they got out and start kicking, punching the car.
“They smashed the passenger window with their foot and threw a litre bottle of alcohol directly at [my fiance’s] face.
“She has suffered serious damage to her mouth and chin and she has lost her two front teeth.
“She is going to be left with permanent scarring because these vermin think it's acceptable to do this to somebody.
“There is just no words to describe how crazy and scary this was on us, but young children witnessed this attack.
“It’s only by a miracle there were no children playing in the street at that time because someone would have been knocked down.
“You hear about this type of behaviour happening on a weekly basis and it is only a matter of time before something is going to be fatal. This needs to stop.”
Police said that they are investigating an incident and a number of arrests have been made.
A spokesman said: "Police investigating an incident where a group of people attacked two women and a man in the Clon Daragh area of Derry/Londonderry at around 1.50pm on Saturday afternoon have made three arrests.
"Two males, aged 17 and 19, and a 20 year old female have been arrested on suspicion of a number of offences and remain in custody at this time."
