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05/08/2002
North Belfast sees further weekend of violence
North Belfast was embroiled in further violence over the weekend after numerous homes and cars where attacked.
During one incident a 16-year-old boy was beaten up by a gang of youths during trouble in the Clifton Park Avenue area. The teenager, who is in a stable condition in hospital, was hit with an iron bar and a stick during the assault on Sunday morning.
There were also further disturbances in the Ardoyne Road area of north Belfast. Around 200 people were involved in stone-throwing incidents in the Alliance Avenue and Glenbryn areas on Sunday afternoon. A pipe bomb was also diffused in the early hours of Monday morning in the same area.
Meanwhile, a car and the front door of a house were damaged in an incident in the Twaddell Avenue in the early hours of Sunday morning.
The police said a rock was thrown at the house and the windows of the car were smashed with hammers. (MB)
During one incident a 16-year-old boy was beaten up by a gang of youths during trouble in the Clifton Park Avenue area. The teenager, who is in a stable condition in hospital, was hit with an iron bar and a stick during the assault on Sunday morning.
There were also further disturbances in the Ardoyne Road area of north Belfast. Around 200 people were involved in stone-throwing incidents in the Alliance Avenue and Glenbryn areas on Sunday afternoon. A pipe bomb was also diffused in the early hours of Monday morning in the same area.
Meanwhile, a car and the front door of a house were damaged in an incident in the Twaddell Avenue in the early hours of Sunday morning.
The police said a rock was thrown at the house and the windows of the car were smashed with hammers. (MB)
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