An upsurge in anti-social behaviour across Northern Ireland this weekend has sparked a call for an action plan to deal with the disorder,
Police in Co Tyrone broke up a crowd fight of around 250 people on Sunday that had gathered for a fight.
And in Belfast, a large crowd of youths had to be dispersed from the Waterworks by the PSNI.
Separately, youths attacked the police in Woodvale Park and others clashed in the Westland area.
North Belfast SDLP MLA Nichola Mallon said: What took place last night was totally unacceptable and it was dangerous, particularly in the middle of a pandemic when emergency services are already stretched.
Police swoop after 250 gather to watch organised fight
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Covid-19: Police break up crowd of 250 watching fight
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Police have broken up a crowd of about 250 people who had gathered for an organised fight in County Tyrone.
It happened at a disused yard on Battleford Road near Benburb on Sunday morning.
Ch Insp Barney O Connor said the gathering was clearly a breach of the Covid-19 lockdown regulations.
It caused concern for residents in the area, he said, and there was disruption due to the large number of vehicles. belonging to those in attendance . Significant engagement took place between our officers and those in attendance and the crowd subsequently left the area, he said.
PSNI officer kicked in the face during incident at house
A 36-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of 14 offences
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Police investigating erection of posters in Lurgan as hate incident The posters are believed to have been erected in Lurgan over the weekend 08 February, 2021 01:00
Sinn Féin MLA John O Dowd
POLICE are investigating the erection of posters in Lurgan town centre as a hate incident.
The placards depict a female figure holding a rifle underneath the phrase Ulster 1912 - 2021? , while below it states: Deserted. Well - I can stand alone and time to decide .
They are believed to have been put up in the town centre over the weekend.
Sinn Féin MLA John O’Dowd had called for police to investigate the posters, which he said appear to be replicas of a historical poster of the 1912 period when thousand of guns were illegally landed in Ireland by the UVF .
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