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| Police officer injured in third night of rioting in Belfast | |
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| A police officer has been injured during a third night of trouble in north Belfast. | A police officer has been injured during a third night of trouble in north Belfast. |
| Officers were attacked with petrol bombs and missiles in the Woodvale area. | Officers were attacked with petrol bombs and missiles in the Woodvale area. |
| It followed an earlier stand-off involving loyalists, some Orangemen and police at Twaddell Avenue opposite the nationalist Ardoyne shop fronts. | |
| The disturbances started just before midnight. They were sporadic and lasted for less than an hour. | The disturbances started just before midnight. They were sporadic and lasted for less than an hour. |
| It started with a small number of petrol bombs being thrown by a crowd of youths along the Woodvale Road - where the Orange Order was blocked by police from walking up on the Twelfth, and the scene of more more intense rioting on the previous two nights. | It started with a small number of petrol bombs being thrown by a crowd of youths along the Woodvale Road - where the Orange Order was blocked by police from walking up on the Twelfth, and the scene of more more intense rioting on the previous two nights. |
| Officers on foot and in police Land Rovers then went down the Woodvale Road towards Ballygomartin. | Officers on foot and in police Land Rovers then went down the Woodvale Road towards Ballygomartin. |
| A stand-off developed and the police came under attack again with heavy masonry, bricks and bottles as well as some fireworks. | A stand-off developed and the police came under attack again with heavy masonry, bricks and bottles as well as some fireworks. |
| Earlier an officer was injured when police went in to seize a stash of petrol bombs and they briefly came under attack. | Earlier an officer was injured when police went in to seize a stash of petrol bombs and they briefly came under attack. |
| The stand-off between police and more than 100 loyalist protesters - some of them Orangemen - at Twaddell Avenue broke up peacefully. | The stand-off between police and more than 100 loyalist protesters - some of them Orangemen - at Twaddell Avenue broke up peacefully. |
| In a separate incident, five people - all male - aged between 15 and 25 were arrested following violence in the O'Neills Road area of Newtownabbey. | |
| There was also some minor trouble in the loyalist Mount Vernon area of north Belfast where a car was burnt out and a barrier erected. | There was also some minor trouble in the loyalist Mount Vernon area of north Belfast where a car was burnt out and a barrier erected. |
| Earlier, Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson appealed for an end to violence following two nights of rioting in north Belfast. | Earlier, Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson appealed for an end to violence following two nights of rioting in north Belfast. |
| Almost 40 police officers and an MP were injured after being attacked in the first two nights of violence. More than 30 arrests have been made. | Almost 40 police officers and an MP were injured after being attacked in the first two nights of violence. More than 30 arrests have been made. |
| A number of people appeared at a special court sitting in Belfast over the weekend. | A number of people appeared at a special court sitting in Belfast over the weekend. |
| Mr Robinson said: "It's very important that cool heads prevail in these circumstances and I hope people will obey the announcement and statement by the Orange Institution that people should desist from violence." | Mr Robinson said: "It's very important that cool heads prevail in these circumstances and I hope people will obey the announcement and statement by the Orange Institution that people should desist from violence." |
| Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers said the Orange leadership should reflect on its role in the run-up to the Twelfth. | Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers said the Orange leadership should reflect on its role in the run-up to the Twelfth. |
| "They have emphasised that they wanted their protest to be peaceful," she said. | "They have emphasised that they wanted their protest to be peaceful," she said. |
| "But they were warned by the chief constable that encouraging thousands of people onto the streets at a time of real tension involved significant risks." | "But they were warned by the chief constable that encouraging thousands of people onto the streets at a time of real tension involved significant risks." |