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The Northern Ireland secretary has called for calm after riots in a loyalist area of Belfast on Friday evening. Eight police officers were injured after being pelted with bottles, bricks and fireworks during scenes Brandon Lewis described as “completely unacceptable”. “Violence is never the answer. There is no place for it in society,” Lewis said. “It is unwanted, unwarranted and I fully support the PSNI [Police Service of Northern Ireland]...

Eight PSNI officers were injured during rioting in Belfast as crowds of loyalist youths clashed with police.

Northern Ireland officials condemned violence on Saturday after fifteen police officers were injured in clashes with loyalist protesters in Belfast. A "small local protest" in the loyalist area of Sandy Row, south Belfast, "quickly developed into an attack on police" on Friday, police said in a statement. The officers were "subjected to a sustained attack by rioters who have thrown a number of objects at police, including heavy masonry, metal rods, fireworks and manhole covers," said Belfast District Commander Chief Superintendent Simon Walls. "Their injuries include burns, head and l...

Eight officers injured as police come under attack in Belfast Officers were targeted in Sandy Row by a crowd of mostly young people throwing bottles, bricks and fireworks The disorder has flared amid ongoing tensions within loyalism across Northern Ireland. File picture: PA Wire Sat, 03 Apr, 2021 - 08:52 David Young and Benjamin Cooper, PA Eight police officers have been injured in rioting in a loyalist area of Belfast. Officers were targeted in Sandy Row by a crowd of mostly young people throwing bottles, bricks and fireworks. In a statement on the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s Twi...

The Northern Ireland Secretary has appealed for calm following rioting in a loyalist area of Belfast.Brandon Lewis described the unrest as "completely