2021 Northern Ireland riots | |||
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Date | 30 March – 9 April 2021[a] | ||
Location | Northern Ireland, particularly Belfast, Derry, and Carrickfergus | ||
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A series of riots in loyalist areas of Northern Ireland began in Waterside, Derry,[b] on 30 March 2021. After four nights of rioting in Derry,[4][5] disturbances spread to south Belfast on 2 April, where a loyalist protest developed into a riot involving iron bars, bricks, masonry and petrol bombs. Following this, civil unrest spread to Newtownabbey on 3 April, where cars were hijacked and burnt, and petrol bombs were also used against police.[6] Carrickfergus in southern County Antrim also saw serious civil unrest on the night of 4 April and morning of 5 April, where loyalists created roadblocks to keep police out of local estates and threw petrol bombs at police vehicles.[7]
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