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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Police use water cannon after Ardoyne attack

Police have used water cannon after coming under attack in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast.
It happened close to the Ardoyne shops when police in riot gear moved in as the return leg of an Orange parade approached the area. It has now passed.
Stones, bottles and fireworks were thrown at police.
Last year, there were several days of rioting after the parade was allowed to walk past the shops.
The Greater Ardoyne Residents Collective (GARC) which opposes the Orange parade passing through the nationalist Ardoyne is holding a protest in response to the Parades Commission decision to allow the march to pass the shops.
On Monday night, 22 police officers were injured during serious rioting in several nationalist areas of west and north Belfast.
An investigation is continuing into the possibility that shots were fired during the trouble in west Belfast.
An ambulance and a fire engine were also attacked.
More than 40 petrol bombs were thrown at police, who said crowds of about 150-200 people were involved in the violence at Broadway and about 200 in both the Oldpark and New Lodge areas of north Belfast.
Crowds of nationalists threw petrol bombs and masonry at police who fired 51 plastic bullets in the Broadway and Oldpark areas.

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