The scene of the sewer road attack on a kebab shop in west Belfast

A teenage girl was left seriously injured after she was punched and pushed through a plate glass window in an attack at a kebab shop in west Belfast.

The 18-year-old was viciously assaulted at a fast food restaurant in the early hours of Sunday.

Sinead Quinn was taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital after a group men entered the restaurant on the Andersonstown Road and started attacking customers with sewer rods.

The woman was punched and pushed into a window which smashed.

She has since been released from hospital.

In a post on her Facebook page, Sinead thanked well wishers for their messages of support.

“Thanks for everyone’s concern. Might not be able to move or really turn my head but long runs the fox.”

A police spokesperson said: “Shortly before 2 am on Sunday police received a report of an assault at a food takeaway premises.”

“A young woman aged 18 was allegedly pushed through a glass window. She was taken to hospital.”

Police in west Belfast are appealing witnesses to the assault to contact them on the 101 non-emergency number.