At least 29 police officers were injured when pro-British and
Irish nationalist youths clashed in the Northern Irish
capital following another protest against the removal of the
British flag from Belfast City Hall.
Police have been attacked in Belfast by loyalists enraged by
a decision to remove the British flag from Belfast City Hall,
which has sparked eight consecutive days of protests.
Police in Northern Ireland mounted their biggest security
operation in 20 years when 30,000 Protestants marked the
centenary of one of the most historic events in a province
scarred by decades of sectarian violence.
Police firing plastic bullets and powerful water cannons
forced Catholic militants away from a key Belfast road as
Northern Ireland's annual day of Protestant marches reached a
tense climax.
Northern Ireland police have faced a second night of attacks
from rioters in east Belfast, where sectarian rioting saw two
people shot and homes attacked with gasoline bombs the
previous night.
