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Eight officers injured as police come under attack in Belfast
Officers were targeted in Sandy Row by a crowd of mostly young people throwing bottles, bricks and fireworks
The disorder has flared amid ongoing tensions within loyalism across Northern Ireland. File picture: PA Wire
Sat, 03 Apr, 2021 - 08:52
David Young and Benjamin Cooper, PA
Eight police officers have been injured in rioting in a loyalist area of Belfast.
Officers were targeted in Sandy Row by a crowd of mostly young people throwing bottles, bricks and fireworks.
In a statement on the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s Twitter account, Belfast District Commander Chief Superintendent Simon Walls called for calm.
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