North: Loyalist leaders call for calm as mark of respect for Prince Philip Planned protests postponed until after ‘the period of mourning’ for Duke of Edinburgh
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Members of the PSNI in the Tigers Bay area of north Belfast on Friday evening. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire
Loyalists have urged their communities to desist from protest activity as a mark of respect for the Duke of Edinburgh, who died on Friday, as leaders fear chaos will continue over the weekend.
Despite this, small pockets of unrest continued in parts of Northern Ireland last night.
Police were attacked with missiles and a car was set on fire at Tiger Bay, a loyalist area in north Belfast with riot vans and police dogs in tow.
Fears that violence in Northern Ireland could continue over weekend
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Fears that violence in Northern Ireland could continue over weekend
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Fears that violence in Northern Ireland could continue over weekend
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