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| Three officers shot during riots | |
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| The scene at Broadway in west Belfast | The scene at Broadway in west Belfast |
| Three police officers have been shot during violence in north Belfast. | |
| The officers, one a woman, were injured by a masked man firing a shotgun at North Queen Street. One male officer remains in hospital with an arm wound. | |
| A total of 27 officers were injured during disturbances - 14 in the New Lodge area of north Belfast and 13 at Broadway in west Belfast. | |
| About 200 people threw petrol bombs, stones and bottles at police during trouble in the Broadway area. | |
| The trouble began at about 2345 BST on Sunday. Police used water canon and fired baton rounds. | The trouble began at about 2345 BST on Sunday. Police used water canon and fired baton rounds. |
| At least one car was hijacked and set alight. | At least one car was hijacked and set alight. |
| 'Mayhem' | |
| It happened as police formed lines to separate those in the nationalist Broadway area from people attending traditional loyalist eleventh night bonfires on the nearby Donegall Road. | It happened as police formed lines to separate those in the nationalist Broadway area from people attending traditional loyalist eleventh night bonfires on the nearby Donegall Road. |
| The trouble in the New Lodge in north Belfast was also described as "sustained". | The trouble in the New Lodge in north Belfast was also described as "sustained". |
| There was also sustained rioting in the Broadway area last weekend. | |
| The police said that trouble had been "orchestrated" with Sinn Fein blaming dissident republicans. | |
| Chief Superintendent Mark Hamilton said the violence in the early hours of Monday was "utterly wrong." | |
| "These officers were doing their jobs, were policing their local community and have been attacked whilst doing so," he added. | |
| "Those involved in tonight's violence were intent on causing mayhem and destruction. | "Those involved in tonight's violence were intent on causing mayhem and destruction. |
| "We responded to this disorder immediately and officers put themselves in danger in order to restore normal and calm to the area for the residents who live there. No one wants a return to this type of behaviour. | "We responded to this disorder immediately and officers put themselves in danger in order to restore normal and calm to the area for the residents who live there. No one wants a return to this type of behaviour. |
| Chief Supt Hamilton said he was very grateful to people in the community who "took personal risk" to try to prevent trouble and help then police. | |
| He appealed to "anyone with influence" to exert it to make sure today's Twelfth of July events pass off without incident. | |