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Speaker 1: Thousands of residents in Northern Ireland of Ballymena almost throughout

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on Tuesday night, continued a mass protest against foreigners or

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immigrants over alleged sexual assault on a female miner by

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suspected Romanians, leading to a more chaotic situation on Tuesday

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around Clonavon Terrace area and Bridge Road, with protested seen

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engaging police offices with petrol bombs, heavy masonry, bricks and

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fireworks with police authority. The Police Service of Northern Ireland

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PSNI confirming that the violent civil unrest was brought under

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control around one a m On Wednesday morning night, adding

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that seventeen police officers sustained serious injuries and the Police

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Service Senior Officer, Chief Constable John Butcher described the protest

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as a racial behavior. It was gathered that some shops

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and homes of foreigners were set ablaze by the protesters

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who staged the anti immigrant protests across several streets in Ballymena,

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forcing many foreigners to flee the city over fear of

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being attacked. The protests in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, erupted following

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the alleged sexual assault of a teenage girl on June seventh,

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twenty twenty five in the Clonavon Terrace area. According to routs,

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hundreds of mass rioters attacked police and set homes and

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cars on fire in the Northern Irish town of Ballymena

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on Tuesday, in the second successive night of disorder that

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followed a protest over an alleged sexual assault in the town.

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Calm was restored to Ballymena, located forty five kilometers twenty

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eight miles from the capitol Belfast, at around one o’clock

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local time. Ooo g MT Police said offices in riot

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gear and driving armored vans responded earlier with water cannon

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and non lethal rounds known as attenuated energy projectiles after

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being attacked by petrol bombs, scaffolding and rocks that rioters

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gathered by knocking down nearby walls as witness. Said. Police

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Service of Northern Ireland, in a series of statements issued

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on its website and social media handle, said that police

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continuing to investigate a serious sexual assault on a teenage

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girl in the Klonavon Terrace area of Ballymena on Saturday,

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the seventh of June, have made a third arrest. Detective

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inspector offered from the Police Services Public Protection Branch said

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a twenty eight year old man was arrested yesterday evening, Monday,

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the ninth of June. He has been unconditionally released from

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police custody following questioning. We have to date charged two

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teenage boys with attempted rape and our inquiries are continuing.

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They both appeared before Coleraine Magistrates Court yesterday morning, Monday

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the ninth of June. In connection with this investigation, we

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would reiterate our appeal for information. If you were in

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the Klonavon Terrace or Waveney Road area on Saturday evening

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and witnessed what happened or noticed anything so scat vicious,

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please make contact with police on one hundred and one,

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quoting reference number fifteen twenty two the seventh of June

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twenty five. The twenty nine year old man arrested during

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the disorder in Ballymena on Monday night, the ninth of

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June has been charged to court. He has been charged

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with riotous behavior, disorderly behavior, attempted criminal damage and resisting police.

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He is due to appear before Valumina Magistrates Caught on Thursday,

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the third of July. As is usual procedure, the charges

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will be reviewed by the Public Prosecution Service. Assistant Chief

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Constable Ryan Henderson said, we are actively working to identify

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those responsible for last night’s racially motivated disorder in Valumina

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and Bringham to justice. Over the coming days. We will

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have in place a significant policing presence to help protect

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these communities in Valumina and prevent any future disorder. Anyone

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who has information or who can help identify those responsible

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is asked to contact police on one hundred and one.

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Police are currently dealing with serious disorder in the Clonavon

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Terrace area of Valumina this evening Tuesday, tenth of June.

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Members of the public should avoid the area. An update

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will be provided in due course. Calm has been restored

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in Valumina following serious disorder in the Klonavon Terrace, North

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Road and Bridge Street areas last night. Disorder broke out

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shortly before eight p m and continued for several hours,

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with masonry and petrol bombs thrown at police offices and

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police vehicles. A number of homes and businesses were also

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attacked during the disorder. Authorized offices discharged a number of

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attenuating energy projectiles, AEPS and the water cannon was also

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deployed in an attempt to disperse the crowds. Calm was

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restored to the area at around one a m. Police

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also dealt with sporadic disorder in Newton Abbe and Carrickfergus,

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with some incidents in North Belfast. The Police Service of

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Northern Ireland condemns the disgraceful scenes of violence on the

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streets last night Tuesday, the tenth of June. In a

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second night of rioting and disorder, mainly in the Clonavon

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Terrace area of Ballymena, police offices came under sustained attack

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over a number of hours, with multiple petrol bombs, heavy masonry,

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bricks and fireworks in the direction. Earlier in the evening,

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a number of protests took place in areas of Belfast, Lisburn,

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Colraine and Newton Abbey. Offices attended to monitor the situation

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and insure an appropriate and proportionate policing response. In Carrickfergus,

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two bins were set alight in bottles and masonry thrown

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at police in the Sunnylands area by a group of

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twenty to thirty young people. At around eight thirty pm

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in Newton Abbe Bins was set alight at the runad

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about on O’Neill Road. During the course of the serious

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disorder in ballymos authorized offices discharged a number of attenuating

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energy projectiles AEPS, and the water cannon was also deployed

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in an attempt to disperse the crowds. Businesses and homes

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were attacked and damaged, and the number of vehicles were

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also set on fire in the area. Seventeen offices were injured,

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with some requiring required hospital treatment. Five people were arrested

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on suspicion of riotous behavior and remain in police custody.

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This morning, A mail was also arrested on suspicion of

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disorderly behavior on the O’Neill Road in Newton Abbey. A

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number of nearby roads were closed by police to ensure

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the safety of the public and local residents and to

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enable offices to deal with the situation and disorder safety.

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All roads were subsequently reopened. Chief Constable John Butcher said

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the mindless violence witnessed over the past two nights in

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Ballymena is deeply concerning and utterly unacceptable. These criminal acts

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not only in danger life, but also risk undermining the

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ongoing criminal justice process led by the PSNI in support

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of a victim who deserves truth, justice and protection. Ironically,

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and frustratingly, this violence threatens to derail the very pursuit

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of justice it claims to challenge. Let me be clear,

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this behavior must stop. I appeal to everyone involved to

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cease all further acts of criminality and disorder immediately. As

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with any serious offenders in Northern Ireland, we will pursue

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those responsible and bring them to justice. We will now

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begin our investigation of reviewing All evidence gathered, including video

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footage and images of the individuals involved, will be released

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to identify offenders. Do not throw away your future and

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do not continue to endanger or intimidate the lives of others.

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To those who have been threatened or affected by this violence,

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we are with you. You deserve safety and justice and we

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will find and pross those responsible. Hate fueled acts and

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mob rule do nothing but tear at the fabric of

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our society. They resolve nothing and serve no one. I

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want to pay the highest tribute to the women and

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men of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, despite operating

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under immense financial pressure, far greater than that faced by

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other public services in Northern Ireland or police forces across

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the UK and in the Republic of Ireland. Our offices

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continue to display unwavering professionalism, courage and resolve. Again we

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see our brave officers putting themselves in harm’s way to

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keep people safe, resulting in further unacceptable injuries. They are

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a credit to us all. Since twenty ten, the PSNI

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has been critically underfunded. This neglect takes no account of

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the enormous demands placed on us by legacy issues or

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the unique challenges of policing in a post conflict society.

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Our resourcing levels are not just in adding, they are dangerous.

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I will be making arrangements to activate mutual aid resources

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to ensure we have the necessary support to maintain public

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order and bring offenders to justice. The PSNI is a

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cornerstone of our society’s peace and security. It is time

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it was treated and funded accordingly. The statement from the

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Police Service of Northern Ireland ends in quotes reacting over

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the police describing the protest a racial behavior. The National

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Housing Party in the United Kingdom, on its verified ex

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social media handle said police in Northern Ireland demonized the

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good people of Ballymena’s racist thugs because they got angry

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about the rape of our kids. Same response from the

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establishment as Southport tragedy quindi Uni in the mortgage way