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Monday, April 5, 2021

Petrol Bombs, Bricks Thrown at Police in Third Night of Violence in Northern Ireland

A car burns after it was hijacked by Loyalists at the Cloughfern roundabout in Newtownabbey, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Saturday, April 3, 2021.

Petrol Bombs, Bricks Thrown at Police in Third Night of Violence in Northern Ireland

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On Saturday, fifteen police officers were injured in clashes with protesters that broke out in the city of Belfast.

Police officers were attacked with petrol bombs and bricks during a third night of unrest in Northern Ireland.

The violence broke out at the Cloughfern roundabout in Newtownabbey and in the North Road area of nearby Carrickfergus.

​According to the police, a small protest by unionists angered by perceived post-Brexit barriers between the country and the rest of the United Kingdom broke out on Friday night but soon turned into an attack on officers

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