A 16-year-old boy has been assaulted at gunpoint in County Tyrone.
The teenager was walking across Melvin Hall in Strabane when he was stopped by five or six men wearing balaclavas, combat style trousers and boots.
One of the men put a shotgun to the victim's head before striking him across the head with it.
The incident happened at about 0130 BST on Sunday.
Police have appealed for anyone with information to contact them.