08:07 EDT, 5 April 2021
Children as young as 12 were seen joining rioters pelting police with petrol bombs over anger at the decision not to prosecute Sinn Fein officials for attending an IRA terrorist s funeral.
Attacks in the Londonderry and Belfast areas have been on the rise lately due to post-Brexit trading arrangements which are claimed to have created barriers between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK.
Officers came under attack in another night of senseless and reckless criminal behaviour in predominantly unionist estates in Londonderry from about 9pm onwards last night.
PSNI Chief superintendent Darrin Jones said: Again we saw our officers targeted, pelted with petrol bombs and masonry in the Dungiven Road area, where pallets were placed on the road and set alight.
Northern Ireland police have been attacked in loyalist disturbances, involving children as young as 12. Officers came under attack and were pelted with petrol bombs in a night of violence in predominantly unionist estates in Londonderry on Sunday night. The PSNI condemned “another night of senseless and reckless criminal behaviour” that began in the Waterside area of Derry at around 9pm. Chief Superintendent Darrin Jones said: “Again we saw our officers targeted, pelted with petrol bombs and masonry in the Dungiven Road area, where pallets were placed on the road and set alight. “This saw the main road closed for a time, causing disruption for local drivers.