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Hundreds gather for dissident republican Easter parade
A couple of hundred people joined the march, while police said some participants wore paramilitary-style uniforms and carried petrol bombs.
- On Easter Monday, a dissident republican parade travelled from Creggan to the City Cemetery in Derry, organized by the National Republican Commemoration Committee to commemorate the Easter Rising against British rule in Dublin.
- The Parades Commission had explicitly prohibited the wearing of paramilitary-style clothing and flags linked to proscribed organizations, yet participants proceeded in direct contravention of the ruling.
- A Police Service of Northern Ireland helicopter monitored the procession overhead, though there was no visible police presence on the ground; masked young people were seen carrying petrol bombs at the City Cemetery.
- Commander and Chief Superintendent Gillian Kearney stated the PSNI are investigating offences observed during the event, noting it would be "inappropriate to comment further" as it is a live investigation.
- Saoradh, the political party organizing the event, has previously been linked to the New IRA, and the annual commemoration has sparked scenes of violence in previous years, concluding with speeches at the "Unfinished Revolution National Easter Commemoration.
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