The father of a Co Antrim man involved in an altercation with loyalist bandsmen has claimed he was targeted for wearing a GAA jersey.
Footage has emerged of the man being surrounded by loyalist band members during a Twelfth parade in the mainly nationalist town of Ballycastle.
Seconds earlier the victim had crossed a street between two bands as they made their way through the seaside resort.
A PSNI spokeswoman said they are "investigating an alleged assault in the Market Street area of Ballycastle" on Wednesday.
"Enquiries are ongoing in relation to this incident," she added.
Clips of the altercation circulated on social media show several members of Silver Plains Flute Band rushing towards the man, who was wearing a McQuillan GAC Ballycastle jersey, as the parade passed.
An altercation is seen to break out before police arrive.
Footage appears to show the band, which is from Moyarget, near Ballycastle, carrying a flag bearing the letters UVF.
Ray Sands, the man's father, explained he and his son had visited a couple of bars and had struck up a conversation with Orangemen, whom he described as "well behaved".
The father and son then moved onto the street to watch the parade, Mr Sands explained.
"They went for my son first and then I tried to intervene....and then they went for me," he said.
"He had already walked between the two bands and there wasn't a problem, the other band passed."
Mr Sands, said his son "never lifted a hand, he put his hand out in front of him and stood his ground".
"It was literally because he was wearing GAA top."
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However, UUP leader Doug Beattie later claimed on Twitter the man was "deliberately provocative" and alleged he made contact with a band member.
He added: "Nothing to do with his top or his religion".
In a statement issued on Facebook Sliver Plains Flute Band said "there was no violent clash or no one was struck etc".
The statement added that the majority of band members moved "swiftly in the crowd to diffuse the situation before it escalated further and to get the band parading back up the road".
Tensions over Orange Order parades in Ballycastle have previously spilled over.
In 2016 former independent councillor Padraig McShane was arrested after an altercation with bandsmen and police at the same location as Wednesday's incident.
It is understood Mr McShane reacted angrily following comments about a suspected loyalist arson attack on his Ballycastle home in 2014.
