Loyalists in Northern Ireland angry over the cancelling of a Protestant parade through a nationalist section of Belfast have been protesting since Friday of last week and clashing with police and Irish nationalists. (Cathal McNaughton/Reuters)
Belfast In Chaos After Days Of Protestant Rioting, Police Injuries -- Daily Beast
Fifteen years after a Northern Ireland peace deal was struck, rioters are back on Belfast’s streets, hurling pipe bombs and Molotov cocktails at police. Nico Hines on the violence—and why the tensions never left.
Nail bombs, water cannons, and Molotov cocktails have brought chaos to the streets of Belfast again, 15 years after a landmark peace deal to end Northern Ireland’s cycle of violence.
Protestant demonstrators, one of whom brandished a sword, clashed with rival groups and hurled missiles during four nights of rioting that injured at least 44 police officers and knocked one senior politician unconscious.
Joe Biden telephoned Northern Ireland’s leaders Monday to express U.S. concern at the outbreak of violence and to call for an end to attacks on police. Within hours, four blast bombs and a pipe bomb packed with nails had been launched at officers.
Northern Irish police fear the violence will soon become deadly, said Alan Burnside, a spokesman for the Police Federation for Northern Ireland. “Petrol bombs and pipe bombs are a dangerous precursor to shots being fired,” he said. More than 1,000 officers from other parts of Britain were being airlifted into the city on Monday to quell rioting that began over the weekend.
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More News On The Growing Unrest In Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland parliament recalled as violence continues -- Reuters
Northern Ireland holding emergency debate on Orangemen protests -- CBC
Northern Ireland violence leaves 70 police officers injured -- The Guardian
Northern Irish Police Say Bombs Thrown in Fourth Night of Riots -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Blast bombs and petrol bombs thrown at police in Belfast -- BBC
Belfast police targeted by bombs in fourth night of rioting -- UPI
Blast bomb attacks in north and east Belfast on city’s fourth night of violence -- Irish Times
Belfast riots: Child's lucky escape after dissidents throw blast bomb -- Belfast Telegraph
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