Violence breaks out in Northern Ireland

A photographer was shot in the leg and two persons sustained burns in the second night of clashes between Protestants and Catholics in Belfast.

Izvor: Tanjug

Wednesday, 22.06.2011.

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A photographer was shot in the leg and two persons sustained burns in the second night of clashes between Protestants and Catholics in Belfast. An assailant shot the photographer in the leg and police have called on all reporters and cameramen to stay away “for their own safety”. Violence breaks out in Northern Ireland Police say about 700 people threw petrol bombs and fireworks at police lines in the lower Newtownards Road-Short Strand area a night after two people had sustained gunshot wounds. Police have announced that two other men were injured. They are believed to have suffered burn injuries. Police used flash bombs and according to media brought two water canon vehicles but did not use them. Shots were fired in the Catholic enclave in east Belfast during the clashes a day before and two people were injured in violence. The violence, described as the most serious in the area for a decade, broke out at the beginning of “marching season” in Northern Ireland when Protestants hold parades that usually provoke violent protests by Catholics. Conflicts between the loyalists, mainly Protestants who wanted to remain the part of Great Britain, and Catholics who advocate united Ireland lasted for 30 years in Northern Ireland. The violence, that claimed about 3,500 lives, ended with a peace agreement in 1998, which allowed Protestant and Catholic parties to run Northern Ireland together. (Beta)

Violence breaks out in Northern Ireland

Police say about 700 people threw petrol bombs and fireworks at police lines in the lower Newtownards Road-Short Strand area a night after two people had sustained gunshot wounds.

Police have announced that two other men were injured. They are believed to have suffered burn injuries.

Police used flash bombs and according to media brought two water canon vehicles but did not use them.

Shots were fired in the Catholic enclave in east Belfast during the clashes a day before and two people were injured in violence.

The violence, described as the most serious in the area for a decade, broke out at the beginning of “marching season” in Northern Ireland when Protestants hold parades that usually provoke violent protests by Catholics.

Conflicts between the loyalists, mainly Protestants who wanted to remain the part of Great Britain, and Catholics who advocate united Ireland lasted for 30 years in Northern Ireland.

The violence, that claimed about 3,500 lives, ended with a peace agreement in 1998, which allowed Protestant and Catholic parties to run Northern Ireland together.

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