US EditionCharges over Ballymena riots as centre housing foreign families attacked
- Starting on June 9, unrest broke out in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, following the charging of two Romanian boys with sexually assaulting a teenage girl.
- The unrest followed a peaceful protest and escalated as masked groups attacked properties, targeting immigrant families amid rising tensions.
- Rioters broke into Mika Koleva’s home on June 10, causing major damage and forcing the family to consider leaving for safety.
- Fifteen arrests have occurred and 41 officers were injured during the first three days, with PSNI describing the disorder as racist hooliganism.
- Authorities face high demand for emergency accommodation as families feel unsafe, while calls for calm and anti-racism protests have taken place.
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It was five consecutive nights of violence and harassment on Northern Ireland's streets this week, the city of Ballymena being in the centre of anti-immigrant diseases after a alleged sexual assault on a youth in the city, which took place on 7 June and would have been committed by two Romanian minorities.
·Romania
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Séamas O’Reilly: Ballymena violence is the result of politics based on scapegoating any ‘other’
"The central perversity of treating these people as anything other than racist thugs is only more transparent in Ballymena because they have so few migrants that any other excuse is patently absurd."
·Ireland
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In the riots that began on Monday in the town of Ballymena, immigrants and their homes have been attacked.
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