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Northern Ireland: Bus set on fire and photographer attacked in disorder in Belfast ahead of emergency meeting
Violence has again resumed on the streets of Belfast ahead of an emergency meeting of the Northern Ireland Assembly, with a bus hijacked and set on fire and a photographer attacked.
The scenes on Wednesday evening followed several nights of unrest in loyalist communities amid tensions over the controversial
Northern Ireland Protocol in the UK and EU s
Brexit deal and the police s handling of alleged lockdown breaches by Sinn Fein at the funeral of republican Bobby Storey.
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Northern Ireland: Emergency meeting to be held as violence resumes in Belfast - with a bus hijacked and set on fire
Violence has again resumed on the streets of Belfast ahead of an emergency meeting of the Northern Ireland Assembly, with a bus hijacked and set on fire and a photographer attacked.
The scenes on Wednesday evening followed several nights of unrest in loyalist communities amid tensions over the controversial
Northern Ireland Protocol in the UK and EU s
Brexit deal and the police s handling of alleged lockdown breaches by Sinn Fein at the funeral of republican Bobby Storey.
The former Downing Street Chief of Staff under Tony Blair Jonathan Powell - who helped launch the Loyalist Communities Council - urged politicians not to “play with matches” in the wake of the violence and called for engagement with loyalist communities.
Mr Powell, who is not involved in the LCC, also told First Minister Arlene Foster to “back off” after her calls for Simon Bryne to resign.
Mrs Foster again reiterated her call for the PSNI chief constable Simon Bryne to resign, as she says the leadership of the police “needs to change”.
The DUP leader was speaking in the wake of days of violence across Belfast, Carrickfergus and Londonderry which saw loyalists clash with police on the streets.