THE DUP has condemned the latest wave of sectarian attacks after another night of violence in the North.

Security minister Shaun Woodward today pledged a major crackdown on the sectarian thugs attacking pensioners and childrens’ homes in north Belfast.

Rioting has flared tonight in a number of flashpoint areas of north Belfast.

Rival loyalist and republican mobs engaged in hand-to-hand fighting in the latest sectarian clashes in north Belfast, police confirmed today.