Northern Irish Police Attacked at Parade

Rioting erupted in Belfast during the annual Orange Order parade as police tried to block Protestant marchers from passing a Catholic housing estate, a return of the sectarian violence that has marred the traditionally emotive event in the past. Demonstrators pelted police with bottles, beer cans and other missiles on Monday night, injuring 24 police officers, Northern Ireland police said. Riot police fired water cannon and plastic bullets. A crowd of Catholics stood hundreds of meters...

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