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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. |
| Bricks and bottles were thrown at police in the car park area of Donard Park in Newcastle at about 0200 GMT. | Bricks and bottles were thrown at police in the car park area of Donard Park in Newcastle at about 0200 GMT. |
| Two police vehicles were damaged in the incident. A spokeswoman for the PSNI said order was restored a short time later. | Two police vehicles were damaged in the incident. A spokeswoman for the PSNI said order was restored a short time later. |
| The DUP's Jim Wells claimed the trouble started after a large group of youths took exception to police checking for under-age drinkers. | The DUP's Jim Wells claimed the trouble started after a large group of youths took exception to police checking for under-age drinkers. |
| He said youths broke into a bottle bank and used the bottles as missiles. | |
| Mr Wells called for the park to be closed off at night. | Mr Wells called for the park to 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 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. | "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." | "It is a difficult position that they are in." |