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.
Police say children as young as 12 involved in latest disturbances in Waterside area of Derry last night
Items set on fire during trouble at Irish Street
Police land rovers at the scene of the trouble last night at Irish Street. Photo by Nathan Edgar
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The PSNI have renewed an appeal for violence in the Waterside area of Derry to stop.
It follows trouble in the Irish Street area last night and comes after a week-long series of attacks on police in Tullyally, Lincoln Courts and Nelson Drive.
Derry City and Strabane Area Commander, Chief Superintendent Darrin Jones said: Last night (Sunday 4th April) we saw further disorder on our streets in the Waterside area, which started shortly after 9pm.
Some 27 police officers have been injured across several nights of trouble in Belfast and Derry.
On Sunday night, violence also flared near the Cloughfern roundabout on O Neill s Road in Newtownabbey. The North Road in Carrickfergus also saw petrol bombs thrown at police, as they mounted a major operation in the area which lasted until around 12.30am.
Condemning the scenes, Derry City and Strabane Area Commander, Chief Superintendent Darrin Jones said: Last night (Sunday 4th April) we saw further disorder on our streets in the Waterside area, which started shortly after 9pm. 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.
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