19 arrested ahead of North festival

Police were accused today of provoking violence which ended with the arrests of 19 people in a seaside town on the north Antrim coast.

19 arrested ahead of North festival

Police were accused today of provoking violence which ended with the arrests of 19 people in a seaside town on the north Antrim coast.

The riot squad was called in after officers were attacked with bottles and other missiles by crowds in the centre of Ballycastle, just hours before the start of the famous Auld Lammas Fair. Two officers were injured.

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