The violence lasted several hours in Londonderry (Northern Ireland), following a march by Protestant unionists attached to belonging to the British Crown, on Saturday.
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Ten members of the security forces were injured in clashes with Irish republicans on the night of Saturday to Sunday, August 11, in Northern Ireland, the police reported. The violence lasted several hours in Londonderry (called Derry by republicans), following a march by Protestant unionists attached to belonging to the British Crown in this city, where the majority are Catholics in favor of unification with the Republic of Ireland.
Around fifty young people attacked the police forces deployed in large numbers for this event in order to avoid tensions. “Fireworks, Molotov cocktails and other projectiles were used to attack the police”the latter specified in a press release. Ten agents were injured, it detailed, describing this violence as“unacceptable” And “revolting”.
A peace deal in 1998 ended three decades of conflict in the British province between these communities, with the involvement of the British army, but tensions flare regularly. This is particularly the case in the summer during the Protestant marching season. In recent days, unionist paramilitary groups have been accused of stirring up far-right riots that have erupted in the UK following the knife attack that killed three girls in England. While England has been returning to calm, this week has been marred by racist incidents in Belfast.
