30 petrol bombs thrown at police in ‘orchestrated attack’ in Northern Ireland

Masked loyalists after hijacking and setting a car on fire at the Cloughfern roundabout in Newtownabbey (Peter Morrison/PA)

Some 30 petrol bombs were thrown at police in what has been termed an “orchestrated attack” during a further night of disorder in Northern Ireland.

Police were attacked in Newtownabbey on the outskirts of Belfast on Saturday, after violent scenes in the Sandy Row area in the city as well as in Derry on Friday.