Northern Ireland s Justice Minister has called for an end to rioting, warning that it could end in tragedy.
Naomi Long was speaking after 30 petrol bombs were thrown at officers in Newtownabbey on Saturday evening in what police said was an orchestrated attack .
It followed violent scenes in the Sandy Row area of Belfast on Friday and successive nights of trouble in Derry.
Violence flared near the Cloughfern roundabout on O Neill s Road, while three vehicles were hijacked and set on fire.
Video footage showed one of the rioters ablaze after getting caught up in the flames.
On Sunday night rioters had gathered again in the area and petrol bombs were thrown at police.
Violence in Co Antrim during another night of disorder on the streets of Northern Ireland PSNI and politicians appeal for calm after disturbances in Newtownabbey
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A burning car at the Cloughfern roundabout in Newtownabbey. Photograph: Peter Morrison/PA Wire
There has been another night of disorder on the streets in Northern Ireland.
In Newtownabbey, Co Antrim, three cars were hijacked and set on fire in the loyalist O’Neill/Doagh Road area on Saturday evening.
A large crowd of onlookers gathered to watch the unrest.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said on Saturday evening that they were responding following reports of disturbances at the Cloughfern roundabout in the O’Neill’s Road area of Newtownabbey. A police van was targeted and cars burned out.
Petrol bombs thrown at PSNI in another night of disorder in North PSNI and politicians appeal for calm after disturbances in Newtownabbey, Co Antrim
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A burning car at the Cloughfern roundabout in Newtownabbey. Photograph: Peter Morrison/PA Wire
An officer walks behind a police vehicle engulfed in flames following violence in Newtownabbey, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Photograph: Paul Faith/AFP via Getty
Damaged cars and open flames in Newtownabbey, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Photograph: Paul Faith/AFP via Getty
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Some 30 petrol bombs were thrown at police in what has been termed an “orchestrated attack” during a further night of disorder in Northern Ireland.
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