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Officers hurt during city trouble | |
(about 3 hours later) | |
Four police officers were injured dealing with trouble between loyalist and nationalist youths in east Belfast on Tuesday, the police have said. | |
The disturbances began at the bottom of the Newtownards Road at about 2200 GMT. | |
Fireworks were thrown at police and reports were received of stones being thrown at buildings, including in St Matthews Court. | |
The injured officers did not require immediate hospital treatment, the police said. | |
Two police vehicles were also damaged in the trouble. | |
Officers blocked the road and, with the help of community representatives, the situation was calm at about 2300 GMT. | |
The injured officers did not require immediate hospital treatment, the police said. Two police vehicles were also damaged in the trouble. | |
Police said that a male aged in his mid-teens was arrested and later released. |