The Latest Breaking News from Ballymena

Editorial: Politicians must analyse the forces behind mob unrest, but not in terms that make excuses for it

Disorder began in Ballymena on Monday after an alleged sexual assault on a girl at the weekend.

The scenes in the Co Armagh town came after three consecutive nights of trouble in Ballymena, Co Antrim.

Anti-immigrant riots began in Ballymena, but economic grievances may not be enough to explain the phenomenon.

Northern Ireland’s police chief said ‘bigots and racists’ behind earlier nights of unrest in the region would be arrested.

Northern Ireland’s police chief said the victim’s family was ‘mortified’ by the disorder

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Forty-one officers have been injured in the unrest, which had resulted in 15 arrests by Thursday evening.

A demonstration organised on social media called for a ‘peaceful protest to show our anger at what cannot and will not be tolerated in this town’. But after three nights of violence, terrified families are fleeing Ballymena and displaying their nationalities on their front door

Mr Lyons has faced criticism over a social media post about the location of migrant families who fled their homes.

The Co Antrim town has seen three nights of sustained violence.