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| Belfast riots leave 13 police officers injured | Belfast riots leave 13 police officers injured |
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| At least 13 police officers were injured after sectarian rioting erupted in Belfast on Sunday night close to one of the city's oldest Orange Halls. | At least 13 police officers were injured after sectarian rioting erupted in Belfast on Sunday night close to one of the city's oldest Orange Halls. |
| Riot police were deployed to separate rival loyalist and republican gangs at Carlisle Circus with some main roads leading into north Belfast sealed off. There was a large police presence and events on the ground were being monitored by a police helicopter. The disorder broke out following a republican flute band parade in nearby Henry Street close to the loyalist Lower Shankill estate. | Riot police were deployed to separate rival loyalist and republican gangs at Carlisle Circus with some main roads leading into north Belfast sealed off. There was a large police presence and events on the ground were being monitored by a police helicopter. The disorder broke out following a republican flute band parade in nearby Henry Street close to the loyalist Lower Shankill estate. |
| Tensions in the area have been running high after violence a fortnight ago outside St Patrick's Catholic church in Donegall Street just a few hundred yards away from Sunday night's trouble. | Tensions in the area have been running high after violence a fortnight ago outside St Patrick's Catholic church in Donegall Street just a few hundred yards away from Sunday night's trouble. |
| Nationalist residents protested against loyalist flute bands passing by the church and defying a legal ban on playing sectarian songs as they filed past the Catholic chapel. | Nationalist residents protested against loyalist flute bands passing by the church and defying a legal ban on playing sectarian songs as they filed past the Catholic chapel. |
| The latest outbreak of violence was being linked to an attack on Sunday afternoon on the Clifton Street Orange Hall near Carlisle Circus. The Orange Order described the assault on their building as "premeditated". | The latest outbreak of violence was being linked to an attack on Sunday afternoon on the Clifton Street Orange Hall near Carlisle Circus. The Orange Order described the assault on their building as "premeditated". |
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