Police use water cannon against rioters in Northern Ireland

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Police in Northern Ireland used water cannons to disperse around 300 rioters involved in anti-immigration protests. The rioters had burned a truck and targeted a hotel housing migrants near Newtownabbey, heightening tensions in the region.

Force disperses crowd of 300 people who burned truck and reportedly planned to target hotel hosting migrants Police have used water cannon against rioters in Northern Ireland in a second night of anti-immigration protests. Police used the cannon to disperse a crowd of about 300 people who burned a truck and threw bricks and other missiles near the Sandyknowes roundabout near Newtownabbey, eight miles north of Belfast. Continue reading...