Bradford's Ukranian community today demanded a meeting with police in the wake of Sunday night's violence.

Members of the Ukranian Social Club in Legrams Lane were forced to barricade themselves into the club on Sunday after two of its members were attacked by a gang of Asian youths.

Around 150 revellers were enjoying Easter celebrations at the club, but when Peter Lacholat left at 8.30pm he found himself confronted by a group of angry youths.

The Asian gang, aged from their mid teens to early 20s, dragged him from his car calling him a 'white b*****d'.

He managed to struggle back to the club, and another member went out to try to talk to them.

The man, who wishes to remain anonymous, said: "At that point I didn't really know what was going on. I went on to the pavement, and all I can remember is one Asian youth hitting and kicking me. That's all I can remember."

He was knocked unconscious and was taken back into the club by other members.

An ambulance was called to the scene, but took more than an hour to arrive.

At hospital he was given six stitches to a cut over his right eye, which may need cosmetic surgery. Mr Lacholat was also treated for a cut to his arm.

A spokesman for West Yorkshire Ambulance Service said: "I understand it was very worrying for the patients concerned and we were on stand-by to attend the incident as soon as the police said it was safe for us to do so."

But Zen Lastowiecki, club chairman, feels the police have abandoned the area. He said: "We have just recently built a sports ground at the back of our premises and ever since then we've had stone throwing by Asian youths.

"We go to the police but they say they can't do anything, or respond half an hour later. Our members say it's a very dangerous place to live now."

Police have denied there are regular problems in the area, and sophisticated recording techniques would alert them to any recurring incidents.

A police spokesman said: "We police any community, no matter how serious the problems are."

Mr Lastowiecki said it was only "by the grace of God" that nobody had been seriously injured and he had written to police chiefs to outline his concerns.

He said: "The Ukranian community has been in Bradford for 55 years, everything we've done is by sheer hard work. We like to think we are a peaceful, tolerant community, but it's getting too much.

"Frustration is very high in the community. It's one rule for them and another for us."

Police confirmed they were willing to meet Mr Lastowiecki to discuss levels of policing in the area.