08/05/2002
Police patrols increased in north Belfast
Police patrols are to be increased in north Belfast in a bid to combat continuing sectarian conflict in the flashpoint area.
Police Service district commander for the area, Chief Superintendent Julie Lindsay, confirmed the security increase after meeting loyalists and community representatives on Wednesday, May 8.
She said she had listened to the concerns expressed at the meeting and would meet the group again next week.
It is believed that as well as extra police patrols there will be more troops on foot in interface areas and that static checkpoints will remain in place for longer than at present.
Police dealt with a fourth successive night of disturbances in Belfast on Tuesday night. Petrol bombs, fireworks and stones were thrown during sectarian clashes in the Whitewell area. Police were attacked by stonethrowers when they moved in to separate the rival groups.
Meanwhile petrol bombs were also thrown at the police and soldiers in the Ardoyne area.
The Northern Ireland Security Minister Jane Kennedy has recently given the go-ahead for 18 CCTV security cameras to be installed at flashpoint areas to be in place by the end of June.
(AMcE)
Police Service district commander for the area, Chief Superintendent Julie Lindsay, confirmed the security increase after meeting loyalists and community representatives on Wednesday, May 8.
She said she had listened to the concerns expressed at the meeting and would meet the group again next week.
It is believed that as well as extra police patrols there will be more troops on foot in interface areas and that static checkpoints will remain in place for longer than at present.
Police dealt with a fourth successive night of disturbances in Belfast on Tuesday night. Petrol bombs, fireworks and stones were thrown during sectarian clashes in the Whitewell area. Police were attacked by stonethrowers when they moved in to separate the rival groups.
Meanwhile petrol bombs were also thrown at the police and soldiers in the Ardoyne area.
The Northern Ireland Security Minister Jane Kennedy has recently given the go-ahead for 18 CCTV security cameras to be installed at flashpoint areas to be in place by the end of June.
(AMcE)
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