Anti-immigration protesters in Belfast at the weekend included British loyalists and Irish nationalists.
The anti-immigration protesters who caused trouble on the streets of Belfast included British loyalists and Irish nationalists in a cross-border alliance of extremism.
Although many of those protesting seemed bent on confrontation, there were some in the crowd of several hundred who were attempting to demonstrate without violence. He said: “It looks like there was a gather-up of people from across different communities. There may be some paramilitary involvement, we don’t fully know.“What is absolutely key is that we get swift justice, and I hope that the courts will bring very firm sentencing, to send a very clear message out that this will not be tolerated. And the best way to nip this in the bud is swift and firm justice.
The unrest in parts of England and Northern Ireland over the weekend has been linked, by some of those involved, to the deaths of three young girls in a knife attack in Southport a week ago.
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