Reuters
What began with a protest against sexual violence culminated in a wave of violence that has not ceased for 2 days in the city of Ballymen.
Hundreds of masked protesters attacked the police and They set fire to houses and cars in the city of Ballymenain Ireland do Norte, this Tuesday. Passes of the garbage on fire, bottles and stones thrown at the police are part of the scenario.
It was the second day of protests that have already resulted in 32 injured this week in the country.
“The meaningless violence to which it has been watched in the last two nights in Ballymen is deeply worrying and totally unacceptable,” said Northern Ireland police chief Jon Boutcher in a statement on Wednesday. “The acts of hatred and the dominance of the crowd do nothing more than destroy the fabric of our society. This behavior has to end.”
It all started with a great protest against an alleged sexual aggression in the city. Two 14 -year -olds were taken to court, accused of sexual assault on a teenager. A lawyer told court that the two teenagers denied the prosecution. They were in pre -trial detention until July 2.
However, according to Northern Ireland police are sporadically attacked whenever tensions increase in certain areas of the British region. The UQE began to be a peaceful demonstration quickly climbed a conflict with the police in Larga Scala.
“The terrible scenes of civil disorder we watched tonight in Ballymena have no place in Northern Ireland,” Northern Ireland British minister Hilary Benn said at X.
