{"id":6541,"date":"2024-08-06T07:14:47","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T07:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/police-attacked-during-south-belfast-disorder\/"},"modified":"2024-08-06T07:14:47","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T07:14:47","slug":"police-attacked-during-south-belfast-disorder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/police-attacked-during-south-belfast-disorder\/","title":{"rendered":"Police attacked during south Belfast disorder"},"content":{"rendered":"


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There was a large police presence in the Sandy Row area<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Police came under attack during further disorder in south Belfast.<\/p>\n

It followed a weekend of violence which saw businesses damaged<\/a> after an anti-immigration protest in the city on Saturday.<\/p>\n

On Monday night, riot teams were deployed to Sandy Row, close to a supermarket that was set on fire, as a petrol bomb and stones were thrown at officers.<\/p>\n

Police had said it was dealing with “ongoing disorder” in the Donegall Road area.<\/p>\n

A number of officers in riot gear sealed off the street and a number of fires were lit in the area.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A petrol bomb has been thrown at police during Monday’s disorder<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

From the scene: ‘Stones thrown and bins set alight’<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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By BBC News NI reporter Cormac Campbell<\/b><\/p>\n

At 21:30 BST, the Sandy Row and Donegall Road area of Belfast was quiet, but within five minutes a large crowd appeared on the street.<\/p>\n

A huge police response quickly followed and roads were closed on Shaftsbury Square, Lisburn Road, Sandy Row and Donegall Road.<\/p>\n

A fire was set at the same supermarket which was burned on Saturday<\/a>, but it was quickly extinguished.<\/p>\n

Although there were stones thrown and some bins set alight, from our vantage point this was more of a standoff than a riot with police loudspeakers telling crowds to disperse and those crowds unwilling to do so. <\/p>\n

Police lines with officers in riot gear largely focused on moving people along the road.<\/p>\n

Just before midnight, police pushed those involved up Blythe Street – a side street off Donegall Road. <\/p>\n

By 00:20, police had started to withdraw from the scene and by 00:45 they were largely gone – but they returned just 10 minutes later when a crowd approached the Islamic Centre on University Road.<\/p>\n

That crowd quickly returned back down Sandy Row but the police remained in position through the early hours.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“This was more of a standoff than a riot,” says BBC News NI’s Cormac Campbell<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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BBC News Ireland Correspondent Chris Page reported that several people were involved in the violence which was being directed towards several armoured police vehicles.<\/p>\n

A number of officers in riot gear sealed off the street and a number of fires were lit in the area.<\/p>\n

Earlier on Monday, councillors at a special Belfast City Council meeting passed a motion to provide financial support to businesses damaged during Saturday’s disorder.<\/p>\n

The motion called for the council to establish a programme of financial assistance for those “impacted by racist criminal attacks”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Bricks were thrown during the disorder<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

NI political leaders condemn violence<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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Political leaders, including the first and deputy first ministers<\/a>, condemned the disorder which took place at the weekend.<\/p>\n

Police had previously said three of its officers had been injured during clashes.<\/p>\n

Earlier on Monday, four men were charged in relation to Saturday’s disorder.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Some fires were lit in the area during the disturbances <\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Michelle O’Neill and Emma Little-Pengelly said there was “no justification” for racism, violence or intimidation, adding there should be a “zero tolerance approach” taken towards those responsible for damage.<\/p>\n

Justice Minister Naomi Long defended the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s (PSNI) response to the disorder, saying that officers were dealing with a “challenging” and “sporadic” situation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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