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29/07/2002
Trouble flares in Protestant Sandy Row area at weekend
Police were attacked with blast bombs during a second night of rioting in Belfast.
A car and a minibus were set alight in Monday's disturbances in the mainly Protestant Sandy Row area. This followed disturbances on Sunday in the same area when a shop front was damaged after three cars were set on fire.
Monday's trouble erupted after security forces where attacked by a crowd of around 75 loyalists who threw bricks, bottles, petrol bombs and blast bombs.
In response police fired several plastic baton rounds. Two people were arrested in connection with the trouble.
Meanwhile, four police officers were wounded during clashes in the same area in the early hours of Sunday.
Up to 60 people were involved in the rioting which lasted for over two hours.
Fire officers were also attacked by stone throwers during the disturbances. Four men have been charged in connection to Sunday's trouble.
The violence was condemned by south Belfast SDLP assembly member Alasdair McDonnell, former Lord Mayor Bob Stoker and Women's Coalition MLA, Monica McWilliam. Ms McWilliams said violence, such as that witnessed on the Sandy Row at the weekend was "never an acceptable way to highlight local problems or settle scores".
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A car and a minibus were set alight in Monday's disturbances in the mainly Protestant Sandy Row area. This followed disturbances on Sunday in the same area when a shop front was damaged after three cars were set on fire.
Monday's trouble erupted after security forces where attacked by a crowd of around 75 loyalists who threw bricks, bottles, petrol bombs and blast bombs.
In response police fired several plastic baton rounds. Two people were arrested in connection with the trouble.
Meanwhile, four police officers were wounded during clashes in the same area in the early hours of Sunday.
Up to 60 people were involved in the rioting which lasted for over two hours.
Fire officers were also attacked by stone throwers during the disturbances. Four men have been charged in connection to Sunday's trouble.
The violence was condemned by south Belfast SDLP assembly member Alasdair McDonnell, former Lord Mayor Bob Stoker and Women's Coalition MLA, Monica McWilliam. Ms McWilliams said violence, such as that witnessed on the Sandy Row at the weekend was "never an acceptable way to highlight local problems or settle scores".
(MB)
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