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| Six police officers hurt in Ballyclare riot | Six police officers hurt in Ballyclare riot |
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| Six police officers have been hurt in rioting in Ballyclare in County Antrim. | |
| The trouble in the Doagh Road and Grange Estate started at about 2330 BST on Saturday, when a crowd of up to 100 people attacked police with petrol bombs and missiles. | |
| Five officers were hurt when a hijacked bus crashed into a police vehicle. It is believed loyalists were involved. | |
| There were also disturbances in Carrickfergus, Newtownabbey and Magherafelt. | |
| At about 0300 BST police were called to the Leckagh Drive area of Magherafelt to trouble involving up to 50 people close to a bonfire. | |
| Police were attacked by missiles as they tried to remove a barricade. | |
| A number of homes were also targeted in attacks which police described as sectarian. | |
| A 27-year-old man has been arrested in connection with riotious behaviour following the disturbances in Magherafelt. | |
| A number of roads in Carrickfergus remain blocked by burned out vehicles. | |
| DUP MLA David Hilditch, who is based in Carrickfergus, was involved in trying to bring calm to the area. | |
| He said the trouble involved "cars, works vans, the hijacking of a bus and damage to people's personal property". | |
| He said he was aware of at least five vehicles burned out in Carrickfergus. |