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| Pipe bomb thrown at police in north Belfast | Pipe bomb thrown at police in north Belfast |
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| The Crumlin Road in north Belfast is closed after a pipe bomb was thrown at police. | |
| Police said the device 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. |
| The device exploded close to police but there were no reported injuries. 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. |
| 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. | 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. | "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. | DUP assembly member William Humphrey said loyalist protesters were demonstrating peacefully in the Twaddell Avenue area when the incident happened. |
| Sinn Fein assembly member Gerry Kelly said the attack was "completely unacceptable" and "not supported by the vast majority of the community in Ardoyne". | |
| Forty-four police officers have been injured over three nights of rioting in Belfast. | 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. |