British police called in to quell Belfast riots

Four hundred extra police officers from Great Britain are being deployed to Northern Ireland after a night of serious loyalist rioting in Belfast that left more than 30 officers injured and an MP hospitalised.

British police called in to quell Belfast riots
Sat, 13 Jul, 2013 - 13:24

Four hundred extra police officers from Great Britain are being deployed to Northern Ireland after a night of serious loyalist rioting in Belfast that left more than 30 officers injured and an MP hospitalised.

More than 600 mutual aid officers from England, Scotland and Wales were already in the region supporting the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) operation as tensions surrounding the traditional Twelfth of July commemorations spiralled into disorder last night.

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