14 DAY TRIAL // The violence that erupted on Friday in Belfast because of a banned Orange Order parade ended in the early hours of Sunday, when calm was restored thanks to police intervention.
The Guardian reports that 39 officers were injured in the altercation that was concentrated mostly “around Twaddell Avenue and Woodvale Avenue in the Greater Shankill area.”
No word yet on how many rioters have been injured. Police say countless arrests have already been made, with more to come in the following days, as the investigation into the riot continues.
“Officers were attacked by petrol bombs, fireworks, masonry, laser pens, and by a whole range of weapons and missiles,” a spokesperson for the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) says.
According to the same source, none of these officers required urgent medical attention, and all stayed on duty.