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Rioters 'are community enemies' Riot 'organised by text messages'
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Trouble at an interface area of the Waterside in Londonderry has been condemned by a Sinn Fein councillor. Youths used text messages to organise rioting at an interface area in Londonderry, a DUP councillor claims.
It began on Sunday afternoon in Irish Street. Police were attacked with bricks and stones as they tried to keep apart republican and loyalist youths. The trouble began on Sunday afternoon in Irish Street. Police were attacked with stones as they tried to keep apart republican and loyalist youths.
Sinn Fein's Lynn Fleming criticised those who provoked the rioting.Sinn Fein's Lynn Fleming criticised those who provoked the rioting.
"They are enemies of this community and if they are not disrupting their own community, they are up trying to disrupt the community in Irish Street.""They are enemies of this community and if they are not disrupting their own community, they are up trying to disrupt the community in Irish Street."
The former mayor added: "We intend to go around some of the people who we recognised and speak to their parents to ask them if they are aware their young people are part of this problem.The former mayor added: "We intend to go around some of the people who we recognised and speak to their parents to ask them if they are aware their young people are part of this problem.
"Hopefully that will go some way towards ensuring this trouble is stopped.""Hopefully that will go some way towards ensuring this trouble is stopped."
DUP councillor Drew Thompson said some of those involved in the trouble in the Waterside area were "no older than nine years of age".
"It was unbelievable - they were standing right up close to police Land Rovers so they would be easily identifiable," he added.
A teenager who was arrested has been released, pending reports.A teenager who was arrested has been released, pending reports.