La polizia è stata nuovamente attaccata dai lealisti a North Belfast
Un portavoce della PSNI riferisce che la polizia in assetto anti sommossa sta continuando a gestire i disordini nella zona di Woodvale Road, dopo che la folla di lealisti si era radunata nella sera di sabato.
Contro la polizia lanciate pietre, bottiglie e fuochi d’artificio. La PSNI ha risposto impiegando il cannone ad acqua.
Piccoli gruppi di giovani a volto coperto sono coinvolti nei disordini. In Woodvale Road la polizia ha creato due zone in cui è vietato transitare.
Nel frattempo i lealisti che si sono radunati a Castlereagh Street, East Belfast, hanno lasciato la zona, permettendo la riapertura della strada.
Anche ieri i lealisti hanno provocato disordini a North Belfast, in cui sono rimasti feriti 32 poliziotti.
In rispetto dalle decisione della Commissione Parate, la polizia aveva impedito alla parata dell’Orange Order di transitare davanti agli Ardoyne Shops, provocando la violenta reazione dei lealisti.
Venti agenti sono rimasti feriti dal lancio di bottiglie e mattoni durato circa sei ore.
Un parlamentare di North Belfast, Nigel Dodds del DUP e membro dell’Orange Order, è stato colpito alla testa da un oggetto lanciato dai lealisti verso la polizia. Trasportato in ospedale, è stato rilasciato poco tempo dopo.
Altri disordini erano scoppiati, sempre il 12 luglio, nella zona di Newtownards Road a East Belfast. Dodici agenti PSNI sono rimasti feriti, uno potrebbe aver subito la frattura della mascella.
Quattrocento poliziotti aggiuntivi provenienti dalla Gran Bretagna sono stati impiegati in Irlanda del Nord dopo gli scontri di venerdì.
Nel tardo pomeriggio di sabato il giornalista di Utv Marc Mallett aveva segnalato su Twitter che i lealisti avevano inscenato una protesta pacifica a Twaddell Avenue, North Belfast.
Secondo il reporter la seconda sera di violenza non ha la stessa intensità di quella di venerdì.
Police coming under sporadic attack from loyalists in woodvale area. Had earlier attempted to march along road. Stones and bottles thrown
— Marc Mallett (@MarcMallett_UTV) July 13, 2013
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Police attacked in north Belfast
Police have come under attack after sporadic violence flared for a second night in north Belfast.
A PSNI spokesman says riot police continue to deal with disorder in the Woodvale Road area of the city after loyalist crowds gathered on Saturday evening.
Police lines are being pelted with missiles, including stones, bottles and fireworks. Water cannon has been deployed.
It is understood a small group of masked youths are involved in the disturbances and police have created a no-go area between two parts of Woodvale Road.
Motorists are being urged to avoid the area.
Meanwhile crowds who gathered on Castlereagh Street in the east of the city have now dispersed and the road is reopened to traffic.
It comes after rioting, in which 32 police officers were injured, erupted on Friday night.
Trouble broke out on the Twelfth after the PSNI prevented an Orange Order march from passing the Ardoyne shop fronts, in accordance with a Parades Commission ruling.
Twenty officers were injured as missiles including bottles and bricks were thrown during six hours of violence.
North Belfast DUP MP Nigel Dodds, who is also a member of the Orange Order, was hit on the head by an object thrown by loyalists at police and had to be taken to hospital by ambulance. He was later discharged.
There was also disorder in the lower Newtownards Road area of east Belfast. Twelve police were injured and one suffered a suspected broken jaw.
Four hundred extra police officers from Great Britain have been deployed to Northern Ireland following Friday’s troubles.
Earlier on Saturday evening, UTV reporter Marc Mallett said loyalists staged a peaceful protest at the top of Twadell Avenue in north Belfast.
He said the second night of violence in the city was not on the same scale as that of the previous night.
Police coming under sporadic attack from loyalists in woodvale area. Had earlier attempted to march along road. Stones and bottles thrown
— Marc Mallett (@MarcMallett_UTV) July 13, 2013