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| Three officers shot during riots | Three officers shot during riots |
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| Three police officers have been shot during violence in north Belfast on the eve of the annual Twelfth parades. | |
| 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. | 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. | 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 Broadway. | |
| 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' | '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. | 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. | The police said that trouble had been "orchestrated" with Sinn Fein blaming dissident republicans. |
| Chief Superintendent Mark Hamilton said the officer who remained in hospital with the gunshot wound was not seriously injured. | Chief Superintendent Mark Hamilton said the officer who remained in hospital with the gunshot wound was not seriously injured. |
| "But clearly he is also trying to come to terms with the fact that someone tried to murder him last night," he said. | "But clearly he is also trying to come to terms with the fact that someone tried to murder him last night," he said. |
| Chief Superintendent Hamilton said that in both north and west Belfast members of the public and community representatives tried to help police stop the violence. | Chief Superintendent Hamilton said that in both north and west Belfast members of the public and community representatives tried to help police stop the violence. |
| However, he said there were small elements "who seem hell-bent on wrecking their own communities". | However, he said there were small elements "who seem hell-bent on wrecking their own communities". |
| "What last night has shown is that disorder does nothing but damage local communities," he added. | "What last night has shown is that disorder does nothing but damage local communities," he added. |
| "Today, we don't want to see any more communities damaged, any more cars hijacked, any more property damaged and any more police officers injured in the course of their duties." | "Today, we don't want to see any more communities damaged, any more cars hijacked, any more property damaged and any more police officers injured in the course of their duties." |