UPDATE: Suspects forced driver in Tipperary to take them to a certain location

Gardaí in Clonmel are appealing for witnesses to a serious incident that occurred in the early hours of Monday morning.

Gardaí posted on social media that at approximately 12:30am on September 4, four males, believed to be in their mid-teens, surrounded a car in the Tesco carpark in Clonmel (off the Inner Relief Road).

The suspects forced the driver to take them to the Prior Park Road/Queen Street area of Clonmel, where they assaulted the driver and fled on foot toward the Cashel Road.

Gardaí are appealing to anyone who may have seen these males between 12 midnight and 1:30am on the Inner Relief Road (Bypass) or any suspicious behaviour which may be linked to this incident to come forward.

Drivers with dash-cam footage who were in these areas at the time or anyone with any information are asked to contact the Clonmel Garda Station on 052-6177640 or the Garda Confidential Line Free-phone on 1800 666 111.