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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Bryony Gooch

Police urge calm after ‘shocking’ disorder in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Police
  • Public disorder broke out in Ballymena, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, following a protest over an alleged sexual assault case.
  • Petrol bombs, fireworks and bricks were thrown at police, and properties were torched during the riots.
  • The unrest began as a peaceful vigil before a number of masked people broke away and began to build barricades and attack properties, police say.
  • Justice Minister Naomi Long condemned the violence, while North Antrim MP Jim Allister linked the “distressing” unrest to growing tensions over immigration.
  • Assistant Chief Constable Ryan Henderson said the “shocking scenes of disorder on the streets of Ballymena have to be condemned in the strongest terms”, and urged calm.

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