PSNI set up crack unit to target rioters

Police in the North have established a special unit in an effort to identify those responsible for rioting in the Ardoyne, Limestone Road and Whitewell areas of north Belfast.

Police in the North have established a special unit in an effort to identify those responsible for rioting in the Ardoyne, Limestone Road and Whitewell areas of north Belfast.

The nine-man unit will study hours of videotape to try to identify the ringleaders of nationalist and loyalist mobs involved in the violence.

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