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| Men arrested after shots fired at Northern Irish police | Men arrested after shots fired at Northern Irish police |
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| A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after police came under gunfire in east Belfast amid continuing loyalist rioting. | A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after police came under gunfire in east Belfast amid continuing loyalist rioting. |
| Two men were arrested after shots were fired at Northern Irish police lines on Saturday evening along the Newtownards Road as riot squad officers dealt with a crowd of 100 loyalists. | Two men were arrested after shots were fired at Northern Irish police lines on Saturday evening along the Newtownards Road as riot squad officers dealt with a crowd of 100 loyalists. |
| One of those detained, a 38-year-old man, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. | One of those detained, a 38-year-old man, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. |
| Police officers were bombarded with bricks, smoke bombs, fireworks and petrol bombs in the third successive night of loyalist rioting in the city. | Police officers were bombarded with bricks, smoke bombs, fireworks and petrol bombs in the third successive night of loyalist rioting in the city. |
| The police deployed a water cannon in the area to quell the disorder that followed a lunchtime protest at Belfast City Hall against the decision to limit the number of days the union flag can be flown. | The police deployed a water cannon in the area to quell the disorder that followed a lunchtime protest at Belfast City Hall against the decision to limit the number of days the union flag can be flown. |
| Up until last month the flag flew every day on top of the hall but following a council vote in December this has now been limited to 17 designated days a year. | Up until last month the flag flew every day on top of the hall but following a council vote in December this has now been limited to 17 designated days a year. |
| A police spokesman urged motorists and other members of the public to avoid a section of the Newtownards Road between Bridge End and the Holywood Arches on Saturday evening. | A police spokesman urged motorists and other members of the public to avoid a section of the Newtownards Road between Bridge End and the Holywood Arches on Saturday evening. |
| On Friday night 39 police armoured vehicles were deployed in east Belfast to cope with an estimated 300 loyalist rioters who were hurling petrol bombs and missiles close to a sectarian border with the nationalist Short Strand area, the only Catholic enclave in the east of the city. | On Friday night 39 police armoured vehicles were deployed in east Belfast to cope with an estimated 300 loyalist rioters who were hurling petrol bombs and missiles close to a sectarian border with the nationalist Short Strand area, the only Catholic enclave in the east of the city. |
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