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Share this article Eight police officers have been injured following a riot that took place in south Belfast last night. Members of the PSNI attended the Sandy Row area at 8pm where a small protest escalated into an attack on police. Rioters threw a number of objects at officers, including metal rods, fireworks and manhole covers. Seven people were arrested at the scene. A senior member of the force called for calm this morning after last night's incident. Belfast District Commander Chief Superintendent Simon Walls said PSNI officers had been in attendance at Sandy Row last night when "a smal...

Eight police officers have been injured following a riot that took place in South Belfast last night. Police attended the Sandy Row area at 8 O'Clock where a small protest escalated into an attack on police. Rioters threw a number of objects at officers, including metal rods, fireworks and manhole covers. Seven people were arrested at the scene.

There were violent scenes at Belfast’s Shaftesbury Square on Friday night as crowds of loyalist youths clashed with police.

A 13-year-old boy is among eight people arrested in connection with riots on the streets of Belfast. Police said 15 officers were injured on Friday night after being targeted by a crowd of mainly young people in Sandy Row, throwing stones, fireworks, flares, manhole covers and petrol bombs. The PSNI’s Belfast District Commander, Chief Superintendent Simon Walls, said “a small local protest quickly developed into an attack on police officers” and that at points there were up to 300 people of all ages on the streets. He called for calm, urging anyone with influence in the loyalist communi...

Eight officers were injured after petrol bombs, bricks and bottles were thrown at police.