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Cars hijacked and police attacked in east Belfast Cars hijacked and police attacked in east Belfast and Newtownabbey
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Four cars have been hijacked and set on fire during trouble in east Belfast on Tuesday. The police have said 35 petrol bombs were thrown and six cars burnt out during disorder in Belfast and Newtownabbey on Tuesday night.
A number of petrol bombs were also thrown at police as large crowds gathered on the lower Newtownards Road. Police came under attack after large crowds gathered on the lower Newtownards Road in east Belfast.
A French press photographer was assaulted by rioters and had his camera stolen, police said. Four cars were set on fire. A French press photographer was assaulted by rioters and had his camera stolen.
A car was also set alight on the O'Neill Road in Newtownabbey, County Antrim. A car and moped were set alight on O'Neill Road, Newtownabbey, County Antrim.
Two petrol bombs and a number of other missiles hit a police vehicle in the area, but there are no reports of any injuries. Two petrol bombs and a number of other missiles hit a police vehicle in the area, but there were no reports of any injuries.
Police also deployed water cannon for a time in the Mount Vernon area of north Belfast. Police also deployed water cannon for a time in the Mount Vernon area of north Belfast after petrol bombs were thrown at police. A car was set alight.
There were reports of disorder in the Woodvale Road and North Queen Street where a car was lit in the middle of the road. Also in the north of the city, there were reports of disorder in the Woodvale Road and a number of petrol bombs were thrown at a police vehicle on the Whitewell Road.
The trouble in east Belfast began just before 23:00 BST on Tuesday. Officers came under attack at North Queen Street with petrol bombs and other missiles.
A car was set alight in the middle of the road.
Police also responded to sporadic stone throwing incidents at a number of locations in South Belfast.
'Sporadic'
It's believed at least one petrol bomb was also thrown in the Blacks Road area and at least one paint bomb was thrown in the Kingsway area.
Police described the trouble as "sporadic pockets of disorder" and said the number of people involved in the disorder was lower than on previous nights.
The trouble in east Belfast began just before 23:00 BST.
Two of the cars were burnt out at Templemore Avenue at the Newtownards Road end, one on Templemore Avenue at the junction of Albertbridge Road, and one on Glenmore Street off Templemore Avenue.Two of the cars were burnt out at Templemore Avenue at the Newtownards Road end, one on Templemore Avenue at the junction of Albertbridge Road, and one on Glenmore Street off Templemore Avenue.
The unrest followed four nights of rioting in parts of the city after an Orange Order parade was banned from marching on a stretch of the Crumlin Road in north Belfast that separates loyalist and nationalist communities. There was also minor trouble in the Corcrain area of Portadown on Tuesday evening.
A number of fireworks were let off by the crowd and a number of golf balls were thrown.
Around 20 loyalist protestors staged a white line protest while nationalists gathered nearby.
It ended after local councillors intervened and persuaded the group to move off the road voluntarily before police moved them.
On Monday evening, nine officers were injured when they were hit with masonry, during sectarian rioting in Corcrain Road, Charles Street and Park Road in the County Armagh town.
Two of them were taken to hospital.
Police said officers had been attacked by both sides, as fireworks, bottles and golf balls were thrown from opposing crowds.
The unrest followed four nights of rioting in parts of the city after an Orange Order parade was banned from marching on a stretch of the Crumlin Road in north Belfast that separates loyalist and nationalist communities on the Twelfth.