Children as young as 12 involved in new night of violence in Northern Ireland
Children as young as 12 involved in further loyalist disturbances in Northern Ireland
The PSNI moving a bin which was set alight on North Road in Carrickfergus near Belfast following sporadic outbursts of disorder. Picture: Liam McBurney/PA Wire
Mon, 05 Apr, 2021 - 09:40
Rebecca Black, PA
Children as young as 12 were involved as violence flared during another night of disorder in parts of Northern Ireland, and officers were pelted with petrol bombs, police said.
Petrol bombs and bricks were thrown at officers in loyalist areas in Newtownabbey and Carrickfergus on Sunday night.
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Police have come under attack as violence flared during another night of sporadic disorder in parts of Northern Ireland
Petrol bombs and bricks were thrown at officers in loyalist areas in Newtownabbey and Carrickfergus on Sunday night.
It was the second night in a row that trouble broke out at the Cloughfern roundabout in Newtownabbey on the outskirts of Belfast although the violence was not as prolonged as on Saturday night.
There was also disorder in the North Road area of nearby Carrickfergus on Sunday night.
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Police have come under attack as violence flared during another night of sporadic disorder in parts of Northern Ireland.
Petrol bombs and bricks were thrown at officers in loyalist areas in Newtownabbey and Carrickfergus on Sunday night.
It was the second night in a row that trouble broke out at the Cloughfern roundabout in Newtownabbey on the outskirts of Belfast, although the violence was not as prolonged as on Saturday night.
There was also disorder in the North Road area of nearby Carrickfergus on Sunday night.
On Saturday, 30 petrol bombs were thrown at officers in Newtownabbey in what police described as an “orchestrated attack”.