Police step up hunt for Belfast rioters

Published Thursday, 15 July 2010
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Police investigating rioting in north Belfast have vowed to "bring those responsible before the courts."

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Twenty PSNI officers are examining 100 hours of CCTV footage and over 1000 photographs taken by evidence gathering teams.

Police came under attack from republican rioters for the fourth night in succession in north Belfast overnight.

Petrol bombs were thrown at officers and a car burned out at the Ardoyne shops flashpoint.

It is understood a woman was pulled from the parked vehicle at Duneden Gardens.

Police fired a number of baton rounds and used water cannons during the trouble.

A number of police officers suffered injuries which are not believed to be serious.

The disorder at the notorious interface was not as sustained as it had been over the previous three nights with fewer rioters taking part.

Calm was restored to the area around 2am.

Assistant Chief Constable Duncan McCausland said police tactics used during the rioting were 'effective.'

"This was a substantially smaller group of people than previous evenings which included around a hardened core of around 12 people who were intent on causing disorder."

"Alongside our effective police operations during the incidents of disorder, we will now continue to work hard to identity those involved."

"We will be doing our utmost to put people before the courts. We are very clear that we can and we will continue to maintain public safety and public confidence."

A man aged in his early 20s was arrested and was released pending further enquiries.

A teenage boy was also detained and is continuing to assist police with their enquiries.

Police have said they will seek to identify and arrest those involved.

More than 80 police officers have been injured this week in disturbances across Northern Ireland as tensions surrounding the July 12 commemorations erupted into violence and disorder.

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big ernest in east antrim wrote (675 days ago):
it is mummy nothing else , who uses mommy or maamy when spelling mummy ? only you , also what about paste ? try not to pretend your some spelling expert then , you started the spelling thing first by the way , now slide on .
neil in belfast wrote (675 days ago):
i dont know why poeple get offended and scared over a flag, the union jack doesnt offend me cause it means nothing too me its just a piece of cloth waving on a pole, the tricolor is flown all over the world and people in them countries dont get offended and shout this isnt ireland, so what wrong with people here?
Ulysses32 in Belfast wrote (675 days ago):
Mommy, Mummy and Mammy are all informal words for Mother, Big Ernest. Try not to type TOO fast with your next response.
big ernest in east antrim wrote (676 days ago):
ulysses ; how about a collection for you to buy a dictionary ? i told you i make typing errors as i type to fast , this a new word MOMMY ? put that with paste and chips lol !!
Billy in Lisburn wrote (677 days ago):
JCL - Your typical Republican mindset never ceases to amaze me. If riots happen in a Republican area, then SF/PIRA say it is "dissidents" and "hoods" but if there is trouble in a Loyalist area then the whole population is demonised with labels such as "Loyalist death squads". I have said it until I am blue in the face but SF/PIRA created this monster when they started their campaign of agitation against Loyalist Parades. They told us for years that the entire communities of areas such as Garvaghy Road, Lower Ormeau and Ardoyne. If the community supported this agitation then the community as well as SF/PIRA are to blame for the trouble as much now as ten years ago. They should be ashamed of themselves.
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