Belfast has experienced a second night of violent disorder as rioters threw petrol bombs and missiles at police. At least one police vehicle was burned and several blazes lit in the Sandy Row and Donegall Road areas of south Belfast.
It follows a similar night of chaos on Saturday, when several hundred anti-immigration protesters threw fireworks as they marched through the city. Deputy District Judge Liam McStay in Belfast Magistrates’ Court refused bail for two men who had participated in the unrest, which saw a violent mob trash businesses and set a supermarket on fire.
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