Police attacked with fire bombs in Northern Ireland
Masked loyalists are seen after hijacking and setting a car on fire at the Cloughfern roundabout in Newtownabbey, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Saturday, April 3, 2021. Masked men threw petrol bombs and hijacked cars in the Loyalist area North of Belfast. Lo
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Posted: Apr 4, 2021 10:59 AM
Posted By: Mike Bunge
LONDON (AP) Police in Northern Ireland have appealed for calm after officers were attacked with petrol bombs and cars were set on fire during a second night of unrest.
Three cars were hijacked and set on fire Saturday night in Newtownabbey, an area on the outskirts of Belfast, police said.
First Minister Arlene Foster told young people that causing injury to police officers “will not make things better” following the violence that descended on parts of Northern Ireland over the weekend.
Twenty-seven police officers were injured during Friday’s riots in Belfast and Londonderry, while a number of cars were hijacked and set alight in Newtownabbey on Saturday.
Masked men threw petrol bombs and other missiles at PSNI Land Rovers during Saturday’s disorder near the Cloughfern roundabout on O’Neill’s Road.
Meanwhile, seven people were charged with riot after the violence in the Sandy Row area of south Belfast on Friday.