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05/09/2001
Teenager dies after being knocked down near sectarian interface
Police are investigating an incident in which a 16-year-old boy riding a bicycle was knocked down and killed in Belfast.
The teenager, named as Thomas McDonald, received serious head injuries and was taken to hospital where he later died.
Police have arrested a woman in connection with the incident.
The 16-year-old was seen cycling away from the Arthur’s Bridge area which is between the mainly Protestant White City estate and the mainly Catholic Longlands area.
It was reported that a car driven by a woman with a female passenger hit the bicycle, knocking the youth off.
The incident occurred near to a sectarian interface following several hours of rioting in the Whitewell Road area on Monday night.
However, the area was reported to be quite when the incident occurred.
Police have appealed for anyone who witnessed the incident to come forward. (SP)
The teenager, named as Thomas McDonald, received serious head injuries and was taken to hospital where he later died.
Police have arrested a woman in connection with the incident.
The 16-year-old was seen cycling away from the Arthur’s Bridge area which is between the mainly Protestant White City estate and the mainly Catholic Longlands area.
It was reported that a car driven by a woman with a female passenger hit the bicycle, knocking the youth off.
The incident occurred near to a sectarian interface following several hours of rioting in the Whitewell Road area on Monday night.
However, the area was reported to be quite when the incident occurred.
Police have appealed for anyone who witnessed the incident to come forward. (SP)
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