PSNI chief calls for ‘dialling down of rhetoric’ after Belfast disorder

A protestor on Lanark Way in the Loyalist Shankill Road area close to the peace wall. A protest against the Northern Ireland Protocol had been planned in the area on Wednesday evening.

A police chief has called for a calming of rhetoric after an outbreak of disorder in Belfast following a protest over the Northern Ireland Protocol.

Police Service of Northern Ireland Chief Constable Simon Byrne condemned the violence at a community interface in west Belfast that saw up to 100 youths and young adults attack police following the loyalist demonstration over the Irish Sea border.