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Further disorder in Northern Ireland amid Brexit tensions Reuters 1 day ago
(Reuters) - Cars were set alight and masked people pelted a police van with petrol bombs on Saturday on the second successive evening of disorder in pro-British parts of Northern Ireland amid rising post-Brexit tensions in the region.
Many pro-British unionists fiercely oppose the new trade barriers introduced between Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom as part of Britain s departure from the EU and have warned that their unease could lead to violence.
Political leaders, including Britain s Northern Ireland minister, had appealed for calm earlier on Saturday but police said they attending reports of disorder in Newtownabbey on the northern outskirts of Belfast.
Police in Northern Ireland have appealed for calm after officers were attacked and cars were set on fire during a second night of unrest.
Northern Ireland police said on Sunday that Unionist protesters threw 30 petrol bombs at officers and torched cars during a night of “disorder” on Saturday in Newtownabbey, a suburb of northern Belfast. Three cars were also hijacked and set on fire.
North Area Commander Chief Superintendent Davy Beck in a statement released on Sunday said about 30 protesters, some in masks, had gathered on Saturday evening.
Several dozen men mounted an “orchestrated attack on police”, he said. A 47-year-old man was arrested and remains in custody.