Children as young as 12 involved in new night of violence in Northern Ireland

The PSNI moving a bin which was set alight on North Road in Carrickfergus near Belfast following sporadic outbursts of disorder. Picture: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Children as young as 12 were involved as violence flared during another night of disorder in parts of Northern Ireland, and officers were pelted with petrol bombs, police said.

Petrol bombs and bricks were thrown at officers in loyalist areas in Newtownabbey and Carrickfergus on Sunday night.