Petrol bombs and bricks thrown at police during more disturbances in Northern Ireland Tammy Hughes UP NEXT
Police have come under attack as violence flared during another night of sporadic disorder in parts of Northern Ireland
Petrol bombs and bricks were thrown at officers in loyalist areas in Newtownabbey and Carrickfergus on Sunday night.
It was the second night in a row that trouble broke out at the Cloughfern roundabout in Newtownabbey on the outskirts of Belfast although the violence was not as prolonged as on Saturday night.
There was also disorder in the North Road area of nearby Carrickfergus on Sunday night.
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Police have come under attack as violence flared during another night of sporadic disorder in parts of Northern Ireland.
Petrol bombs and bricks were thrown at officers in loyalist areas in Newtownabbey and Carrickfergus on Sunday night.
It was the second night in a row that trouble broke out at the Cloughfern roundabout in Newtownabbey on the outskirts of Belfast, although the violence was not as prolonged as on Saturday night.
There was also disorder in the North Road area of nearby Carrickfergus on Sunday night.
On Saturday, 30 petrol bombs were thrown at officers in Newtownabbey in what police described as an “orchestrated attack”.
Video footage showed one of the rioters ablaze after getting caught up in the flames.
On Sunday night rioters had gathered again in the area and petrol bombs were thrown at police.
Last night, as the DUP and Sinn Fein blamed each other for stoking tension, the body representing PSNI officers said the police cannot be used as a political football.
Mark Lindsay, who chairs the Police Federation of Northern Ireland, urged politicians to consider the human cost of their inflammatory language, and warned that officers were paying the price for a lack of leadership across society.
Mrs Long pleaded with people to stop before lives are lost.
Children as young as 12 involved in another night of violence as five police officers injured The PSNI at Northland in Carrickfergus following sporadic outbursts of disorder. Picture by Liam McBurney/PA Wire James Ward and Rebecca Black, PA 05 April, 2021 09:31
Children as young as 12 were involved as violence flared during another night of disorder in parts of Northern Ireland, police said.
Officers came under attack and were pelted with petrol bombs in a night of violence in predominantly unionist estates in Derry last night.
The PSNI condemned “another night of senseless and reckless criminal behaviour” that began in the Waterside area of Derry at around 9pm.