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Violence has breached retired betwixt constabulary and protesters successful Northern Ireland wherever properties person been damaged and missiles person been thrown astatine officers.
Officers were "dealing with nationalist upset successful Ballymena municipality centre" successful Co Armagh, the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said successful a connection connected Monday evening, adding the unrest "followed an earlier protestation successful the area".
PSNI said "a fig of missiles person been thrown towards constabulary with harm reported to a fig of properties".
Local MP Jim Allister said tensions implicit migration had been gathering for immoderate time, adding that the unit followed a peaceful protestation successful enactment of the household of a miss who was the unfortunate of an alleged intersexual battle astatine the weekend.
Two 14-year-old boys were charged with attempted rape and were remanded successful custody erstwhile they appeared astatine Coleraine Magistrates' Court connected Monday. The charges were work to them by a Romanian interpreter.
Police person appealed for calm and told radical to "avoid the Clonavon Road country until further notice".
Local media estimated astir 2,500 protesters were progressive successful the disturbances, which immoderate dubbed "anti-immigrant".
Videos of the incidental connected societal media showed a ample constabulary presence, with officers successful riot cogwheel taking structure down a constabulary Land Rover arsenic a occurrence burned adjacent by.
In different footage, protesters burned integrative roadworthy barriers and bins arsenic portion of a barricade connected the thoroughfare and masked individuals threw missiles including cans of overgarment and solid bottles astatine PSNI vehicles.
A enactment of constabulary vehicles precocious towards the protesters followed by officers connected foot.
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Firefighters aboriginal responded to the burning debris connected the roadworthy and inspected a adjacent location which had filled with smoke.
Video besides appeared to amusement immoderate protesters targeting houses by smashing windows.
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Pictures of the upset included 1 of a vessel overturned extracurricular a enactment of houses which appeared to person been those attacked by a mob.
Sky News has contacted PSNI for comment.
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