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Northern Ireland riots: Bus hijacked and set on fire in Belfast Sam Hancock A bus has been hijacked and set on fire in Belfast, police have said. Stones were thrown at officers and a press photographer was assaulted while working on Wednesday evening, as crowds gathered and violence flared in the Northern Ireland capital for the sixth consecutive night. Attackers torched the bus at the junction of Lanark Way and Shankhill Road in west Belfast, said the Police Service of Northern...

Boris Johnson condemns Belfast violence after petrol bomb thrown onto bus Telegraph reporters © REUTERS The bus was attacked in west Belfast - REUTERS Boris Johnson has condemned violence that again broke out on the streets of Northern Ireland, after a bus was hijacked and set on fire. The bus was set alight after being pelted with petrol bombs at the junction of Lanark Way and Shankill Road in west Belfast, the PSNI said. It was one of a number of incidents on Wednesday eve...

The Government has published its action plan to better protect journalists from threats of violence and intimidation, which includes every UK police force being given access to a designated journalist safety liaison officer. Abuse aimed at UK journalists going about their work has included them being punched, threatened with knives, forcibly detained and subjected to rape and death threats, the Government said. In the past year two men have been jailed for threatening regional journalist Amy Fe...

Euronews correspondent Shona Murray spoke to Sunday World reporter Patricia Devlin who has been targeted for her work in Northern Ireland.View on euronews

Sinn Féin's deputy leader has branded threats against public figures in Northern Ireland as unacceptable.

Sinn Fein's vice-president and the Stormont deputy first minister said there can be no place for the malicious harassment online and daubed on walls in Belfast.

Graffiti targeting Irish News journalist Allison Morris widely condemned Sinister graffiti targeting Irish News journalist Allison Morris in north Belfast 20 February, 2021 01:00 Deputy First Minister Michelle ONeill described graffiti targeting journalist Allison Morris as hate filled. Picture by Kelvin Boyes/Press Eye/PA THERE has been widespread condemnation of threatening graffiti targeting Irish News journalist Allison Morris. The National Union of Journali...

Michelle O’Neill has branded threats against public figures in Northern Ireland as unacceptable. Sinn Fein’s vice-president and the Stormont deputy first minister said there can be no place for the malicious harassment online and daubed on walls in Belfast. It includes graffiti threats against journalists Patricia Devlin and Allison Morris, threats against Irish international footballer James McClean, and “vile” social media abuse directed at her party colleague Martina Anderson. Women ...

BBC News Published image captionPatricia Devlin believes paramilitaries think women in the media are easy targets Women working in the media suffer more abuse for reporting on paramilitaries than their male counterparts, a Sunday World newspaper journalist has said. Patricia Devlin has received multiple death threats - including two within 12 hours - and was recently the subject of "sinister graffiti" in east Belfast. Last year she lodged an official complaint against the police for a "complete...

East Belfast graffiti threats target Northern Ireland journalist by name Justice Minister Naomi Long described the spray painted messages as a "chilling sight" Updated One of the threats Never miss a thing from Belfast and beyond - sign up for FREE newsletter direct to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other relate...