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| Five police officers have been injured during trouble in County Down. | Five police officers have been injured during trouble in County Down. |
| The attack happened as police attended a disturbance in the car park area of Donard Park in Newcastle shortly after 0200 GMT on Saturday. | The attack happened as police attended a disturbance in the car park area of Donard Park in Newcastle shortly after 0200 GMT on Saturday. |
| Bricks and bottles were thrown at officers as they tried to restore calm in the area. Two police vehicles were damaged in the incident. | Bricks and bottles were thrown at officers as they tried to restore calm in the area. Two police vehicles were damaged in the incident. |
| A spokeswoman for the PSNI said order was restored a short time later and the area is currently calm. | A spokeswoman for the PSNI said order was restored a short time later and the area is currently calm. |
| The DUP's Jim Well condemned the trouble and said the park should be closed off at night. | |
| "The park is used by gangs of feral youths involved in all sorts of anti-social activity, raking cars around the car park," he said. | |
| "The decent people of the town don't go anywhere near it after dark and the police have many similar incidents to control elsewhere in Down district. | |
| "It is a difficult position that they are in." |