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The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has welcomed a reduction in disorder on Saturday night following several days of trouble.

The force is investigating offences linked to several days of violence.

The violence followed an alleged sex attack on a teenage girl in Ballymena.

There will be ‘a large policing presence across Northern Ireland’ over the weekend, a senior officer has said.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying four men as part of a probe into disorder in the region.

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

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

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.