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Sectarian trouble flares in east Belfast’s Short Strand (BBC News Northern Ireland)
A large crowd attacked homes on the Mountpottinger Road in east Belfast A large crowd attacked homes on the Mountpottinger Road in east Belfast
Homes in east Belfast’s Short Strand area have been attacked by a large group of masked men, it has been reported.
Lord Mayor of Belfast Niall O Donnghaile, a Sinn Fein councillor for the area, was at the scene.
He told the BBC that 60-100 masked men fully dressed in camouflage gear have been attacking homes.
The attacks were carried out at the Mountpottinger Road and the lower Newtownards Road, he said.
Police are at the scene and community and youth workers have been trying to defuse the situation.
“It’s a tense and dangerous situation,” Mr O Donnghaile said.
“They’ve hit homes with paint bombs, pipe bombs and petrol bombs.
“A pipe bomb-type device has gone off. There’s a number of Short Strand residents who are injured and a number of homes have been damaged.”
Police have confirmed that a large number of people had gathered in Bryson Street and that petrol bombs have been thrown.