Loyalists attack PSNI over Belfast City Hall flag row

Loyalist protesters attacked police with bottles and stones tonight in a new outbreak of violence after a decision to limit the flying of the Union flag above Belfast City Hall.

Loyalists attack PSNI over Belfast City Hall flag row

Loyalist protesters attacked police with bottles and stones tonight in a new outbreak of violence after a decision to limit the flying of the Union flag above Belfast City Hall.

Trouble flared in Carrickfergus, Co Antrim, where a crowd of up to 1,600 staged a rally – one of a number in towns across Northern Ireland in the aftermath of Monday night’s decision by Belfast councillors.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland said a number of their officers were injured in the West Street area.

A building was also set alight. Unconfirmed reports said it housed the local offices of the non-sectarian Alliance Party whose members in Belfast voted in favour of the flag being taken down and flown only on designated days.

At one stage during tonight’s violence police fired a number of baton rounds in a bid to disperse the rioters who fired bottles, stones and other missiles.

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