Driver charged with attempted murder after riot in North

A driver has been arrested for suspected attempted murder after a teenager was hit by a car during a riot in Belfast.

Driver charged with attempted murder after riot in North

Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) officers lifted the vehicle off the girl, 16, and gave first aid while separating missile-throwing loyalists from republicans in the north of the city.

One inspector sustained a severed ear and another officer’s finger was almost bitten off during sectarian disorder which prompted police to use water cannons and fire baton rounds, striking four people.

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