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| Four PSNI officers injured in trouble at Skainos centre, Belfast | |
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| Four police officers were injured as protesters threw fireworks and stones at a community centre in east Belfast where a former IRA bomber was a guest speaker. | |
| About 50 people gathered at the Skainos centre on the Newtownards Road shortly before the man responsible for the Brighton bomb, Patrick Magee, arrived. | |
| They threw stones and four police officers suffered minor injuries. | |
| The windows of two police vehicles were also smashed. | |
| Patrick Magee, and Jo Berry, who lost her father in the bomb, went in together through a back door at the building. | |
| Both were taking part in a festival called: Listening to Your Enemies. | |
| The crowd surged forward, shouted abuse and threw missiles. But there was a heavy police presence and the protesters were forced back off the premises. | |
| After the event, more stones were thrown and police lines came under fire. | |
| Police have begun an inquiry into the disorder. | |
| Earlier on Thursday, anti-republican graffiti was discovered on the Skainos building which belongs to the east Belfast Methodist mission. | Earlier on Thursday, anti-republican graffiti was discovered on the Skainos building which belongs to the east Belfast Methodist mission. |
| East Belfast community worker Jim Wilson said people were entitled to their views, but they should be expressed peacefully. | East Belfast community worker Jim Wilson said people were entitled to their views, but they should be expressed peacefully. |
| "They should do it in a proper manner if they have disagreements with the church or with anyone within loyalism," he said. | "They should do it in a proper manner if they have disagreements with the church or with anyone within loyalism," he said. |
| Rev Gary Mason, from the east Belfast mission, said: "The police were out first thing this morning and they have looked at it. | Rev Gary Mason, from the east Belfast mission, said: "The police were out first thing this morning and they have looked at it. |
| "We have video evidence as well because this is a new site so there are a number of security cameras so the folk that did that are on camera." | "We have video evidence as well because this is a new site so there are a number of security cameras so the folk that did that are on camera." |
| Patrick Magee was behind the bombing of Brighton's Grand Hotel during the Tory Park Conference in 1984. | Patrick Magee was behind the bombing of Brighton's Grand Hotel during the Tory Park Conference in 1984. |
| It killed five people and injured 34, including Lord Tebbit and his wife. The prime minister at the time, Margaret Thatcher, had a narrow escape. | It killed five people and injured 34, including Lord Tebbit and his wife. The prime minister at the time, Margaret Thatcher, had a narrow escape. |
| Jo Berry lost her father, Sir Anthony Berry, in the atrocity. She has since forgiven Magee for the attack. | Jo Berry lost her father, Sir Anthony Berry, in the atrocity. She has since forgiven Magee for the attack. |
| In recent years, Magee has been associated with projects that work with groups specialising in conflict resolution, reconciliation and victim support. | In recent years, Magee has been associated with projects that work with groups specialising in conflict resolution, reconciliation and victim support. |
| Police are treating the Skainos graffiti incident as a hate crime. |