A police patrol was attacked by up to 40 youths after helping to treat a woman who had collapsed in her Belfast home.
The armed Land Rover was taken out of service following the incident in the Glenalina area of west Belfast at around 8.30pm yesterday.
Police said the gang, who were aged between ten and 15, hurled stones, bricks and other missiles at the vehicle.
The officers were returning to the New Barnsley station after they had helped to resuscitate a 50-year-old woman who had collapsed unconscious in her kitchen.
No one was injured in the incident.
