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Eight police officers injured in Belfast bonfire trouble | |
(about 2 hours later) | |
Eight police officers have been injured during trouble at an anti-internment bonfire in west Belfast. | |
Eight people were arrested following the disturbance in the Divis Street area on Thursday night. | |
Police were attacked by crowds throwing paint bombs, bottles and masonry. | |
Two police officers required hospital treatment for head injuries. A number of streets in the area were closed for several hours. | |
Police said that at about 03:00 BST on Friday, police were attacked by a man armed with a sword in the New Lodge area in north Belfast, during "continued disorder". | |
They said police fired two baton rounds in response to this attack. | |
Police said a "thorough investigation" was under way to "identify all those involved in the disorder". |