Organisers of a fireworks display in Dorset have been attacked by a group of young people who tried to enter the event.
WATCH: ITV News Meridian's Richard Slee speaks to the organisers of a fireworks' display in Dorset, attacked by a group of young people trying to enter the event.
Investigations are underway into an attack on two men by a group of young people as they tried to enter a fireworks display in Dorset. Adrian Wareham and Terry Cheater - who are both 73 - have been organising the event in Verwood for more than 30 years. But two weeks ago a group of young people tried to break into the site. They assaulted Adrian and Terry - leaving the pair in need of hospital treatment.Adrian and Terry said the gang had turned up at the end of the community firework event, and damanded to be let in.The group then assaulted the pair. Workers at the fairground saw what was happening and went to help. The gang then fled.
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