Belfast violence: What happened at the weekend? - BBC News
WEBAug 5, 2024 · As darkness fell over Belfast, the violence centred on the Donegall Road and Sandy Row area. A mob attacked businesses, setting fire to a supermarket. They burnt cars.
Belfast: Rioting 'was worst seen in Northern Ireland in years' - BBC
WEBApr 8, 2021 · Rioting in Belfast on Wednesday night was on a scale not seen in Northern Ireland for years, police have said. During several hours of violence, police officers were attacked, petrol bombs were...
Belfast violence: What happened at the weekend? - BBC
WEBAug 5, 2024 · As darkness fell over Belfast, the violence centred on the Donegall Road and Sandy Row area. A mob attacked businesses, setting fire to a supermarket. They burnt cars.
NI riots: What is behind the violence in Northern Ireland? - BBC
WEBApr 14, 2021 · Nearly 90 officers have been hurt in Northern Ireland's worst street violence for years, after sporadic rioting in several towns and cities since the end of March. The governments in Belfast,...
Belfast and the Real History of Northern Ireland's Troubles - TIME
WEBNov 11, 2021 · In Belfast, and across the North, nationalists called for protests in response; amid the escalating tensions and paranoia across the city, violent riots soon broke out. Until this point, parts of...
NI riots: What is behind the violence in Northern Ireland?
WEBApr 14, 2021 · Nearly 90 officers have been hurt in Northern Ireland's worst street violence for years, after sporadic rioting in several towns and cities since the end of March. The governments in Belfast,...
In Belfast, ghosts of bloody Northern Ireland conflict remain - Los ...
WEBApr 16, 2023 · Just as they did at the height of the Troubles — three blood-soaked decades of sectarian and political violence that shook Northern Ireland and transfixed a watching world — separation barriers...
2021 Northern Ireland riots - Wikipedia
WEBOn 8 April, rioters again gathered in West Belfast, throwing bricks, petrol bombs and projectiles at police on the nationalist Springfield Road area. [47] In response, police deployed water cannons for the first time in six years.
Northern Ireland leaders seek calm after violence escalates
WEBApr 8, 2021 · BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — Authorities in Northern Ireland sought to restore calm Thursday after Protestant and Catholic youths in Belfast hurled bricks, fireworks and gasoline bombs at police and each other.
Northern Ireland riots: Bus torched in more Belfast violence as …
WEBApr 7, 2021 · In west Belfast on Wednesday, rioters clashed along the so-called “peace line” dividing predominantly unionist and nationalist communities, with police struggling to close a gate designed to ...
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