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17/07/2013
300 More UK Officers Sent To Belfast
Some 300 mutual aid officers from UK police forces are to be sent to Belfast following a fifth night of rioting in the city.
Trouble began on last Friday after an Orange Order parade was stopped from returning along part of the Crumlin Road in north Belfast.
With the lastest group being sent it brings the total number of mutual aid officers sent to NI to 1,300.
The first group to arrive, some 630 officers, have already returned, with 600 remaining to be joined by the latest additions.
(MH/CD)
Trouble began on last Friday after an Orange Order parade was stopped from returning along part of the Crumlin Road in north Belfast.
With the lastest group being sent it brings the total number of mutual aid officers sent to NI to 1,300.
The first group to arrive, some 630 officers, have already returned, with 600 remaining to be joined by the latest additions.
(MH/CD)
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