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| Missiles thrown ahead of Belfast city centre republican parade | Missiles thrown ahead of Belfast city centre republican parade |
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| A number of people, including police officers, have been injured during trouble in Belfast city centre ahead of a republican anti-internment parade. | A number of people, including police officers, have been injured during trouble in Belfast city centre ahead of a republican anti-internment parade. |
| Loyalist protesters attacked the police as they waited for the republican parade to arrive. | Loyalist protesters attacked the police as they waited for the republican parade to arrive. |
| Bricks and stones were thrown at police outside one of the city's main shopping centres, Castlecourt. | Bricks and stones were thrown at police outside one of the city's main shopping centres, Castlecourt. |
| Police are using two water cannon and plastic baton rounds to try to quell the disturbances. | Police are using two water cannon and plastic baton rounds to try to quell the disturbances. |
| Loyalists blocked Royal Avenue to try to prevent the republican parade getting through. | |
| Police have now sealed off the city centre. | |
| The parade and the protesters are now just 100 metres apart from each other in north Belfast. | |
| What police have described as serious disorder is ongoing in the Carrickhill, Peter's Hill and Millfield areas close to the city centre. | |
| Police put in place a major operation ahead of the parade, involving hundreds of officers and dozens of vehicles. | |
| The march, which started in north Belfast, is being held to coincide with the introduction of internment in 1971. | The march, which started in north Belfast, is being held to coincide with the introduction of internment in 1971. |
| The Parades Commission had given permission for six loyalist protests against the parade. | The Parades Commission had given permission for six loyalist protests against the parade. |
| Numbers were restricted at four of them. | Numbers were restricted at four of them. |