violence in
Belfast on Thursday night as nationalist and loyalist youths clashed at interfaces in the west of the city.
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police resorted to using water cannons to try to bring the situation under control.
Violence continued despite calls for calm from the Irish and British governments, the White House and the
Northern Ireland Executive.
Following serious trouble on Wednesday night, Taoiseach Micheál Martin and UK prime minister Boris Johnson spoke and urged an end to the trouble, which has raged mostly in loyalist areas of the North since last weekend.
Stormont Ministers jointly condemned the scenes as “deplorable” and called for an end to the unrest, which have been linked to bad feeling in unionist and loyalist communities over the post-Brexit
Rioters have been blasted with a water cannon by police as unrest stirred on the streets of Northern Ireland once more.
After shocking scenes provoked calls for calm this week, violence again flared up on the streets of west Belfast, amid rising tensions in the area.
Stones and fireworks were thrown at police by gangs of youths gathered on the nationalist Springfield Road, close to where Wednesday night s riots took place.
The latest violence came as Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Irish Premier Micheal Martin and US President Joe Biden called for a calming of tensions.
Those involved were warned by police to disperse immediately or the water cannon will be used .
Rioters blasted with water cannon amid Northern Ireland violence
Fri, 9th Apr 2021 05:42
(Alliance News) - Rioters have been blasted with a water cannon by police as unrest stirred on the streets of Northern Ireland once more.
After shocking scenes provoked calls for calm this week, violence again flared up on the streets of west Belfast, amid rising tensions in the area.
Stones and fireworks were thrown at police by gangs of youths gathered on the nationalist Springfield Road, close to where Wednesday night s riots took place.
The latest violence came as UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Irish Premier Micheal Martin and US President Joe Biden called for a calming of tensions.
The PSNI use a water cannon on youths on the Springfield road, during further unrest in Belfast RIOTERS were blasted with a water cannon by police last night as unrest continued on the streets of Northern Ireland. After shocking scenes provoked calls for calm this week, violence again flared up on the streets of west Belfast, amid rising tensions in the area. Stones and fireworks were thrown at police by gangs of youths gathered on the nationalist Springfield Road, close to where Wednesday night’s riots took place.
Youths fire fireworks at the PSNI on the Springfield road The latest disorder came as Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Irish Premier Micheal Martin and US President Joe Biden called for a calming of tensions.
Representatives from all political parties in Northern Ireland held video meetings on Friday with U.K. Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis, in an attempt to find a way to end a week of rioting and fights between gangs from the loyalist and nationalist communities in Belfast. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Thursday that the U.S. was âconcernedâ over the renewed violence and reiterated President Joe Bidenâs steadfast support âof a secure and prosperous Northern Ireland in which all communities have a voice and enjoy the gains of the hard-won peace.â After years of peace between the two communities brought about by the 1998 Good Friday agreement, tensions flared again in recent months after Brexit and the creation of a de facto border between Northern Ireland and Britain, to avoid erecting one between the two Irelands.