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'Object' thrown at police in north Belfast Pipe bomb thrown at police in north Belfast
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The Crumlin Road in north Belfast has been closed after an object was thrown at police. The Crumlin Road in north Belfast is closed after a pipe bomb is thrown at police.
Police said the object was thrown at a police vehicle from Brompton Park in the Ardoyne area. Police said the object was thrown at officers from Brompton Park in the Ardoyne area at about 17:00 BST.
The road is closed between Tennent Street and Twaddell Avenue.The road is closed between Tennent Street and Twaddell Avenue.
Motorists have been advised to avoid the area. The device exploded close to police but there were no reported injuries. Motorists have been advised to avoid the area.
Forty-four police officers have been injured over three nights of rioting. Police Service of Northern Ireland Superintendent Emma Bond said: "We consider ourselves extremely fortunate that we are not dealing with a much more serious incident and that all of the officers were able to walk away from that situation unharmed.
"We have appealed for calm in the area and I continue to to do so.
"I would appeal to anyone with influence in the community to exert it to ensure that the next few days pass off without incident. "
DUP assembly member William Humphrey said loyalist protesters were demonstrating peacefully in the Twaddell Avenue area when the incident happened.
Forty-four police officers have been injured over three nights of rioting in Belfast.
Officers were attacked in the Woodvale area of north Belfast on Sunday night.Officers were attacked in the Woodvale area of north Belfast on Sunday night.
It followed more serious rioting on Friday and Saturday nights after a Parades Commission determination that a parade by three Orange Order lodges would not be allowed to march along a stretch of the Crumlin Road that separates loyalist and nationalist communities on its return journey from the main Belfast 12 July demonstration.It followed more serious rioting on Friday and Saturday nights after a Parades Commission determination that a parade by three Orange Order lodges would not be allowed to march along a stretch of the Crumlin Road that separates loyalist and nationalist communities on its return journey from the main Belfast 12 July demonstration.