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25/09/2006
Riot breaks out in County Londonderry
Police in Londonderry have arrested one person after disturbances broke out in the city yesterday evening.
Around 60 people were involved in the violence which broke out on the interface between the mainly loyalist Irish Street estate and the Top-of-the-Hill in the Waterside area of the city.
Bottles and a number of other missiles were thrown at police as they tried to separate rival factions, however no-one was injured.
Sinn Fein councillor Lynn Fleming said that those who took part in the riots are “enemies of this community and if they are not disrupting their own community, they are up trying to disrupt the community in Irish Street."
She added that she intends to speak to the parents of some of those involved and hopefully come about bringing an end to this type of trouble in the future.
DUP councillor Drew Thompson said some of those involved in the riots were "no older than nine years of age."
(EF/KMcA)
Around 60 people were involved in the violence which broke out on the interface between the mainly loyalist Irish Street estate and the Top-of-the-Hill in the Waterside area of the city.
Bottles and a number of other missiles were thrown at police as they tried to separate rival factions, however no-one was injured.
Sinn Fein councillor Lynn Fleming said that those who took part in the riots are “enemies of this community and if they are not disrupting their own community, they are up trying to disrupt the community in Irish Street."
She added that she intends to speak to the parents of some of those involved and hopefully come about bringing an end to this type of trouble in the future.
DUP councillor Drew Thompson said some of those involved in the riots were "no older than nine years of age."
(EF/KMcA)
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