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What to Know About the Northern Ireland Riots as Petrol Bomb-Filled Chaos Spills Into Third Night
For a third night, riots rocked the town of Ballymena in Northern Ireland, with protesters throwing petrol bombs.
What's behind the Ballymena riots?
Unrest has erupted in the Northern Irish town after the alleged sexual assault of a local girl by two Romanian-speaking ...
Girl ‘sexually assaulted by teenage boys’ wants violent ‘racist’ Ballymena riots to stop
The country’s police chief Jon Boutcher said the victim of an alleged sexual assault in Ballymena has been ‘further ...
Ballymena riots latest: Fire started 'after vandalism' at leisure centre as water cannon deployed in third night of disorder in N Ireland
Disorder has broken out in Northern Ireland for the third successive night, after police said people are "waking up with ...
EXTRA: Race riots in Ballymena
Tara Mills and Declan Harvey in an extra episode of The State of Us on a second night of violence in Ballymena, Northern ...
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Ballymena riot accused "shot in the balls" with baton round, court hears
Curtis Dunlop, with an address at Lanntara in Ballymena, appeared at Coleraine Magistrates' Court on Friday accused of ...
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Ballymena riots: Family of alleged sex assault victim ‘mortified’ by racist violence, PSNI chief says; protesters gather in east Belfast
Northern Ireland’s police chief Jon Boutcher has warned “bigots and racists” behind three nights of disorder in the region ...
Ballymena riots: Chaos spreads across Northern Ireland as leisure centre torched
Large crowds faced off with riot police in Ballymena for a third night in a row on Wednesday, with disorder has starting elsewhere including Larne where a leisure centre was set on fire ...
Ballymena yobs hurl petrol bombs in ANOTHER night of chaos as violence spreads to new towns & 3 teens charged with riot
MORE rioting broke out across different towns in Northern Ireland for the third successive night on Wednesday as yobs ...
Ballymena riots condemned as ‘racist thuggery’ as homes and cars set on fire in second night of violence
Dramatic scenes unfolded overnight in the Northern Ireland town as rioters hurled petrol bombs, fireworks and glass bottles, ...
I’ve lost everything, says Romanian wrongly arrested for Ballymena attempted rape
A Romanian in Ballymena has claimed he has “lost everything” after he was wrongly arrested for the attempted rape of a ...