Image copyright PAcemaker Image caption The north Belfast hall was attacked on Sunday night

Police have come under attack after a petrol bomb and paint were thrown at an Orange hall in north Belfast on Sunday night.

Clifton Street Orange hall was attacked shortly after 22:00 BST.

Police said the incident was being treated as a sectarian hate crime.

Officers then also came under attack from about 20 youths.

The hall has been attacked several times in recent years.

DUP assembly member William Humphrey said the latest attack was "utterly appalling and inexcusable".

The petrol bomb exploded and burned out against the outside wall beside the Orange Hall and the adjoining Indian Community Centre," he said.

"Those responsible for this attack were prepared to see either building set on fire."

Sinn Féin councillor JJ Magee said that attack was wrong and those responsible have nothing to offer society.

"I would appeal for people to desist from this activity immediately which are only adding to tensions over the marching season," he said.