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Quarta notte di disordini ad Ardoyne. Massiccia presenza della polizia

Minor trouble in Ardoyne after alert

There is a heavy police presence in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast on Wednesday night, following intense riots there over the past two evenings.

Ardoyne Riots | 12 07 2010Officers have moved into Brompton Park, where a large group of people have been gathering.

Masked youths are throwing stones at police, while several petrol bombs were hurled earlier.

It comes after a viable “coffee-jar” bomb was found in the Highbury Gardens area on Wednesday afternoon.

Police said searches had also been carried out in relation to the serious violence in the area and a number of items have been taken away for further examination.

Trouble broke out at Ardoyne shopfronts, and in the Twaddell and Brompton areas, in the wake of a controversial Orange Order parade on Monday evening – which went ahead despite protests by nationalist residents.

Marchers were shielded by riot police, who came under fire as petrol bombs and other missiles were hurled.

A Sinn Fein MLA for North Belfast has blamed dissidents republicans for putting local people at risk.

“Over the past nights, dissident republicans have used anti-social elements made up of groups of young people as cover for attacks in Ardoyne, the New Lodge and Broadway,” Carál Ní Chuilín said.

“This is despite appeals from local residents for no violence.”

“The rioting has caused damage, distress and disruption to these communities. We have seen residents held hostage as their cars are taken and burnt, their garden walls pulled apart for bricks and major disruption to their free movement in and out of their own community.

“The latest incident is the abandoning of an explosive device in Highbury Gardens in Ardoyne. This is the summer holidays – many children are off school and could have found this device. The repercussions do not bear thinking about.”

She added: “Last year it was the dissidents who abandoned guns in Ardoyne which were found by local children.

“There is an issue certainly of the Orange Order marching through nationalist areas of Ardoyne, Moutainview and the Dales – but can those who represent these dissident groups tell me if this is worth the destruction of Ardoyne and the endangering of its residents?

“The residents are certainly opposed to these marches but they are informing me that they are equally opposed to these actions.”
Ardoyne Riot | 12 07 2010

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