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22 Police Officers Injured in Night of Disorder in Portadown
- Police in Portadown, Northern Ireland, faced sustained attacks from rioters on Thursday night, injuring 22 officers during hours of disorder.
- The violence occurred following three nights of disturbances sparked by demonstrations concerning a reported sexual assault involving immigrant youths in Ballymena earlier that week.
- Additional disorder spread to towns such as Larne and Coleraine, where a family home was set on fire in a racially motivated attack prompting evacuations.
- Police made 17 arrests, including two in Portadown—a woman in her 50s and a man in his 30s—on suspicion of riotous behaviour, and appealed for community help to identify others involved.
- Authorities condemned the violence, called for calm and normality to return, and warned more arrests will follow as investigations continue amid concerns about policing and deep-rooted tensions.
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22 police officers injured in latest Northern Ireland anti-immigrant clashes
Firing plastic bullets, police sought to drive back several hundred people who had gathered in the town of Portadown — some 80km southeast of Ballymena, where an alleged sexual assault that sparked the violence took place
·India
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Clashes broke out during a gathering of several hundred people on Thursday night in the city of Portadown, southwest of Belfast.
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22 police officers injured in night of disorder in Portadown
The scenes in the Co Armagh town came after three consecutive nights of trouble in Ballymena, Co Antrim.
·London, United Kingdom
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