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There were riots across Northern Ireland, including Ballymena<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Twenty-eight people have now been arrested over violence that erupted in Northern Ireland over the last week – and police have warned that there will be further arrests.<\/p>\n

In total, 64 police officers have been injured in disturbances which started last Monday<\/a> after a peaceful protest over an alleged sexual assault in Ballymena, County Antrim, and later spread to other areas.<\/p>\n

In the latest round of arrests, five people have been detained in connection with disorder in Ballymena and Larne. <\/p>\n

A 40-year-old man, a 33-year-old woman and a 13-year-old girl have been charged in connection with the rioting in Ballymena.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Disorder started in Ballymena, County Antrim on 9 June<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Detectives investigating online posts relating to the disorder have charged a 32-year-old man with sending menacing messages through a public electronic communications network and encouraging or assisting offences.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a 25-year-old man has also been arrested in relation to an arson attack at Larne Leisure Centre last week.<\/p>\n

The centre had been providing emergency shelter for families following the clashes earlier this week, the council said.<\/a><\/p>\n

A 56-year-old woman has also appeared in court charged with obstructing a police officer during last week’s riots.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Water cannons were brought to Portadown to deal with disturbances<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

‘Outrageous’ violence<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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North West Migrants’ Forum integration and welfare officer Gaelle Gormley said the violence was “absolutely horrific”.<\/p>\n

“Our service users are very concerned, we are very concerned,” she said.<\/p>\n

“We are really, really worried that it will also come to the centre of Derry. It’s outrageous.”<\/p>\n

There was some violence in the city on Friday, but not on the same scale as Ballymena.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Gaelle Gormley, of the North West Migrants’ Forum, said the violence was “horrific”<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Ms Gormley said migrants were “very resilient” but at the moment they were avoiding going out late at night and avoiding certain streets.<\/p>\n

She called for people to show their support. <\/p>\n

“We want more people who are welcoming and aware of the fact that we are all citizens of the world and that everybody can be a migrant anywhere,” she said.<\/p>\n

“Since the beginning of humanity people have been going to different countries and it’s thanks to that that we have all the progress we have.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Sameh Hassan, chairman of North West Islamic Association, said immigrants feel unsafe<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Sameh Hassan, chairman of North West Islamic Association, said many immigrants were scared to go out, while others had left their homes to go to safer places.<\/p>\n

“It’s unfair for anyone to feel unsafe in their house, especially people who have kids and families,” he said. <\/p>\n

“Feeling unsafe about your family is the worst thing you could experience.”<\/p>\n

Mr Hassan said he had lived in Northern Ireland for 17 years and had found people “very welcoming”. <\/p>\n

However he said there were some issues, such as housing and jobs, that were causing “anti-migrant sentiment” and needed “to be addressed in the right way”. <\/p>\n

He added that the spread of misinformation on social media was “very misleading”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

What happened on Sunday night?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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Police said there had been “sporadic disturbances” in different locations on Sunday night but described it as a “reduced level of disorder”. <\/p>\n

Overnight graffiti in Bangor, County Down and on an unoccupied house in Chadwick Street in south Belfast are being treated as race-motivated hate crimes, the police said.<\/p>\n

In Brompton Park in Ardoyne, in Belfast, about 30 young people set a bin on fire but no damage was caused to shops and police said “no serious disorder ensued”.<\/p>\n

Ass Ch Cons Melanie Jones said “Our heightened presence in our local communities and continued community engagement to de-escalate violence continued last night, thankfully, similar to Saturday, the situation was much calmer.<\/p>\n

“Thankfully, none of our officers policing this disorder reported being injured on duty last night (Sunday).”<\/p>\n

Police have already circulated images of individuals they want to identify and interview.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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