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Violence continues in Northern Ireland
47 police officers hurt during Belfast riot triggered by Irish republican parade
3 Sept 2012
47 police officers have been injured during overnight clashes with Protestant extremists angry over a Belfast parade by Irish republicans from the Catholic side of the community. Sunday night's violence came as Irish republicans paraded near British Protestant districts of north Belfast. Such demonstrations, usually by the Protestant side, trigger riots every summer in Northern Ireland. Police donning flame-retardent suits, helmets and shields spent nine hours standing their ground versus mobs of masked, hooded Protestants. More than 100 rioters threw bottles, bricks and fireworks at police lines until early Monday.
Extracted from: http://www.theprovince.com/news/police+officers+hurt+during+Belfast+riot+triggered+Irish+republican/7182578/story.html#ixzz25ZEmtzPo
Northern Irish Police Officers Hurt in Second Night of Violence
September 04, 2012
Rioters in Northern Ireland injured 15 policemen during a second night of violence in Belfast. The police officers used water cannon and fired plastic bullets against the rioters. Rival Protestant and Catholic gangs threw petrol bombs, bricks and bottles, and pushed a hijacked van into police lines. The violence will have a negative impact on jobs, tourism and investment in Northern Ireland.Rioters injured 50 police in the first night of trouble.
The violence was sparked by a parade, which remain frequent flash points for confrontation even after armed violence in Northern Ireland largely ended more than a decade ago. The Parades Commission, an independent body which rules on contentious marches, allowed the September 2 parade by republicans, who want a united Ireland, to take place without restrictions.The Orange Order, a mainly Protestant marching group, criticized that decision and said the Parades Commission should be disbanded. Orange Order leaders said a Protestant parade planned for the end of this month in the same area must be allowed to proceed without any restrictions.
The violence began at 21.00pm on the night of monday 20 June 2012 in Northern Ireland when a large number of Protestant loyalists made their way from mount and castlereagh street areas to the Catholic nationalist short strand this provoked a response from the nationalists which resulted in both communities seeking to get involved in violence with each other around 500-600 people were involved in the riots these riots are said to have been initially instigated by the UVF in East Belfast. Read more on the East Belfast Riots:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Northern_Ireland_riots
Will the conflicts between the Catholics and Protestants be resolved? Watch the video from BBC to understand what caused the conflict.
Read more about it from NLB -http://libguides.nl.sg/content.php?pid=109756&sid=827173
You can watch the documentary below on how the conflict between the Catholics and Protestants started:
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