US Edition22 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
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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.
At least 22 police officers were injured and two people were arrested during the fourth night of violence against immigrants in Northern Ireland, after a group of protesters threw objects at riot police. Several clashes broke out on Thursday night in Portadown city, south-west of Belfast, the country’s capital in the UK, where most of the riots were concentrated, mainly in a neighbourhood where migrants from Eastern Europe live. “Last night, in …
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