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A man allegedly brandished a knife and coughed at police officers after declaring he had Covid-19, a court has heard.
Ahmed Buuni is also accused of threatening to kill two Turkish neighbours during a confrontation at flats in south Belfast.
The 43-year-old defendant, a Somali national, claims he was the one attacked and robbed by suspected cocaine dealers.
Buuni faces charges of attempted grievous bodily harm, threats to kill, possessing an offensive weapon, criminal damage, common assault and assault on police.
Belfast Magistrates Court was told he allegedly approached the complaints with a large knife on Claremont Street on February 3.
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.
Last night, as the DUP and Sinn Fein blamed each other for stoking tension, the body representing PSNI officers said the police cannot be used as a political football.
Mark Lindsay, who chairs the Police Federation of Northern Ireland, urged politicians to consider the human cost of their inflammatory language, and warned that officers were paying the price for a lack of leadership across society.
Mrs Long pleaded with people to stop before lives are lost.
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.