US EditionFire at leisure centre as Northern Ireland violence erupts for third night
- On Wednesday, masked individuals vandalized Larne Leisure Centre by breaking windows and igniting flames outside, which then spread inside the building, causing a fire.
- Violence broke out during a third consecutive evening of unrest in Ballymena, located half an hour from Larne, following tensions sparked by an alleged sexual assault involving a teenage girl.
- Police in Ballymena faced sustained attacks with petrol bombs, masonry, bricks, and fireworks, while riot police were deployed and six people were arrested for public order offences.
- Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer strongly denounced the violence that resulted in injuries to 32 police officers, while PSNI Chief Constable Jon Boutcher cautioned that the ongoing disturbances could jeopardize the integrity of the legal investigation into the alleged sexual assault.
- Authorities increased police resources in affected areas, and ministers urged calm and condemned those involved in disorder as having nothing to offer but division and harm to communities.
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Masked youths in Northern Ireland on Wednesday set fire to a leisure centre that had been sheltering migrant families, but a third night of anti-immigrant violence was smaller in scale in the primary flashpoint of Ballymena.
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Police have been attacked with fireworks, bottles and bricks as violence erupted for a third night in Northern Ireland. The worst of the disorder was in Ballymena, but unrest also spread to other towns on Wednesday evening. In Larne, masked youths attacked a leisure centre and set it on fire. The centre had been providing emergency shelter for families following the clashes earlier this week, the council said. The disorder first began on Monday …
Anti-immigrant violence continues in Northern Ireland town
Hundreds of people gathered on the streets of Ballymena in Northern Ireland on Wednesday, facing police armed with riot shields and water cannon on the third night of disorder in the town.The crowds eventually dispersed without a repeat of the chaotic scenes from the previous two nights, when houses and businesses were torched and 32 police officers were injured. The violence erupted in the town after the arrest of two teenagers accused of attem…
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