Northern Ireland Police Attacked in Belfast Catholic District

Northern Ireland police officers were attacked with gasoline bombs and paint-filled missiles in a Catholic neighborhood of Belfast for a second successive night.

A large crowd gathered in the Ardoyne neighborhood shortly after 10:30 p.m. local time yesterday and threw the devices at police, a Police Service of Northern Ireland spokeswoman said in a recorded message today. Calm was restored in the area at around 1:20 a.m., the spokeswoman said.

Police officers were attacked on July 13 with gasoline bombs and stones in Ardoyne just before a Protestant parade passed the area. The parade was one of hundreds in the U.K. province to celebrate the July 12 victory of the Protestant King William over the Roman Catholic King James at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. Dissident republicans who favor a united Ireland and are opposed to the province’s peace process were accused by police of orchestrating the violence.

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