Police fired water cannon and
plastic baton rounds after coming under a barrage of bricks, fireworks and petrol bombs as they moved to halt the protest at the junction of Woodvale Road and Woodvale Parade.
Police suffered a barrage of petrol bombs, fireworks, and bricks after officers fired a
plastic baton rounds at protesters attacking an Orange Order parade in a Nationalist area of west Belfast last night.
POLICE suffered a barrage of petrol bombs, fireworks, and bricks yesterday after officers fired
plastic baton rounds at protesters attacking an Orange Order parade in a Nationalist area of west Belfast.
POLICE suffered a barrage of petrol bombs, fireworks and bricks after officers fired
plastic baton rounds at protesters attacking an Orange Order parade in a Nationalist area of west Belfast last night.
She accused the police of firing
plastic baton rounds at Catholics who attempted to defend themselves against the loyalist onslaught.
Riot squad officers hit back, firing 15
plastic baton rounds.
Police deployed water cannon and
plastic baton rounds were also fired, the court was told, and a total of 20 petrol bombs were thrown at officers after darkness fell.
Police fired a number of
plastic baton rounds to quell the violence, with claims that a number of civilians had been hit.
Plastic baton rounds used in Northern Ireland are fired at approximately 160mph from at least 20 metres away.
Officers hit seven people with
plastic baton rounds.
Later a number of
plastic baton rounds were fired as police struggled to control the situation.
Police in riot gear fired volleys of
plastic baton rounds as loyalist demonstrators attempted to breach the first of three barbed wire barricades blocking the path of Orangemen down the Garvaghy Road.