A bonfire topped with an effigy of a migrant boat. Homes set alight. During the Troubles, similar tactics were used to target Irish Catholics in the territory.
Category: Attacks on Police
In Northern Ireland, Fire Has Long Been Used as a Weapon of Fear
A bonfire topped with an effigy of a migrant boat. Homes set alight. During the Troubles, similar tactics were used to target Irish Catholics in the territory.
Northern Ireland Struck by Anti-Immigrant Violence for Third Night
Rioters clashed with police in Ballymena and across County Antrim as masked groups set fire to a leisure center in Larne, where families had been temporarily settled in emergency housing.
15 Police Officers Injured in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, After Riot Over Alleged Sexual Assault
The police said that attacks on houses and businesses in the town of Ballymena were being investigated as racially motivated, and that 15 officers had been injured.
