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Police injured during Belfast parade protests | |
(35 minutes later) | |
A number of people, including police officers, have been injured during trouble in Belfast city centre linked to a republican anti-internment parade. | |
Loyalist protesters attacked the police with bricks and bottles as they waited for the republican parade to arrive. | |
The parade had been due to pass along Royal Avenue in the city centre but was prevented from doing so by the protest. | |
Police used 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. | Loyalists blocked Royal Avenue to try to prevent the republican parade getting through. |
Police have now cleared the city centre. | |
The parade and the protesters confronted each other about 100 metres in north Belfast. | |
What police have described as serious disorder took place 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. | Police put in place a major operation ahead of the parade, involving hundreds of officers and dozens of vehicles. |
The parade has now passed into west Belfast after protesters were pushed back towards the Shankill area. | |
The march, which started in north Belfast, is marking 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. |