Arrests after dissident threats at 1916 event in Derry

Police in the North have arrested six people after a masked man at a republican commemoration threatened further violence by dissidents opposed to the peace process.

Police in the North have arrested six people after a masked man at a republican commemoration threatened further violence by dissidents opposed to the peace process.

The event to mark the anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising was addressed by a hooded spokesman for the Real IRA who pledged further attacks on police and soldiers.

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