Unrest continues in Northern Ireland after a stabbing in Belfast sparks two nights of disorder. Multiple outlets report that riot police use water cannons against protesters in and around Belfast during the second night of clashes. During the disorder, some protesters set small fires and throw objects at officers, including bricks, bottles and other items, with some accounts also mentioning petrol bombs. BBC and other reports describe sustained attacks on police at or near a major roundabout north-west of Belfast, while the Belfast Telegraph and Evening Standard also note disturbances beyond central Belfast, including in areas such as Londonderry, though with less intensity than the previous night. The violence is tied in reports to the original stabbing incident, and NPR additionally characterizes the unrest as including anti-immigrant violence. Other descriptions focus on the immediate street confrontations, including damage to pavement and objects taken or broken from surroundings to throw at police. Authorities have not been described in the provided summaries as giving a final assessment of injuries or arrests.
Police use water cannons in Belfast after stabbing triggers second night of unrest
Unrest continues in Northern Ireland after a stabbing in Belfast sparks two nights of disorder. Multiple outlets report that riot police use water cannons against protesters in and around Belfast duri...
- Police use water cannons against protesters/rioters during the second night of unrest after a Belfast stabbing.
- Clashes involve people throwing objects at riot police, including bricks and bottles.
- Some protesters set small fires and cause street damage during the disorder.
- Disturbances occur in and around Belfast, with reports of incidents in other locations such as Londonderry.
- Reports also mention anti-immigrant violence as part of the broader unrest linked to the stabbing.
Police blasted water cannons at protesters in Northern Ireland who set small fires and hurled bricks, rocks and bottles at them during a second night of violence Wednesday over a brutal stabbing on a Belfast street. Demonstrators wearing masks tore bricks from the walls outside homes and smashed pavements with sledgehammers to toss at riot police. In one place, the unruly crowd used sections of a dismantled picket fence to take cover on the street. The clashes with police came several hours...
1 hour agoProtesters in Northern Ireland set small fires and hurled bricks and bottles at the police during a second night of violence over a stabbing in Belfast. The incident sparked anti-immigrant violence.
1 hour agoPolice have used water cannons on protesters in Northern Ireland after violence erupted for a second night over a stabbing in Belfast.
3 hours agoRiot police came under sustained attack from a group throwing bricks, bottles and pieces of wood at a major roundabout to the north-west of Belfast.
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