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Firefighters face a car on fire at Dundonald
Vehicles were stolen and burned in Northern Ireland during a disorder badociated with loyalist bonfires.
A home-made bomb exploded near a police operation to remove a contentious fire site in Belfast
. that Loyalist paramilitaries intended to "orchestrate and participate in serious unrest" in east Belfast.
Meanwhile, there was another night of disorder in Londonderry where Molotov badtails and missiles were launched.
Incidents in the suburbs of Belfast occurred after Loyalists expressed anger over plans to reduce the size of two campfire sites for security reasons
. roads near the Ulster Hospital in Dundonald, east of Belfast.
In the vicinity of Newtownards, a bus carrying pbadengers was hijacked by a group of masked men, one carrying an alleged weapon, before being burned
D & # 39; other security alerts resulted in the closure of the main roads. Campfires are traditionally lit in many loyalist areas of Northern Ireland during the eleventh night to mark the anniversary of the victory of the Protestant King William over the Catholic King James II at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690 [19659007] Hundreds of fires were lit at midnight to usher in the traditional Orange parades of July 12 in the area
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- The Loyalists claimed that they had taken measures to minimize the risk to buildings in this year and were an attempt to trace their fires while attacking their culture.
Tuesday, a court ordered that one at Bloomfield, in east Belfast, its size was been reduced
However, it was lit early Wednesday morning and missiles were launched on the police to secure the site to allow contractors to remove material. 19659023] Image caption
One of the cars burned on the eleventh night in Dundonald
The Fire and Rescue Service of Northern Ireland reported that it had received 327 emergency calls at 01:00 BST Thursday. He stated that there had been "164 operational incidents" of which 57 were related to a bonfire
- The Bogside shooting was an attempted murder
In Derry, youths launched Molotov badtails and missiles on the historical walls of the city. Wednesday evening
A strong police presence, including officers in riot gear, has been put on hold in the area between the Bogside Nationalist Zone and the Fountain Unionist District.
The latest turmoil arose a day after dissident Republicans were accused of firing six shots at the police with an automatic weapon in the area – the police treat the incident as an attempt to murder.
came together to condemn the recent violence and call for calm.
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