Police blast water cannons at protesters amid unrest over stabbing in Belfast
PA/via AP hide caption toggle caption PA/via AP BELFAST, Northern Ireland — Police blasted water cannons Wednesday at protesters in Northern Ireland who set small fires and hurled bricks, rocks and bottles at them during a second night of violence over a brutal stabbing on a Belfast street. Demonstrators wearing masks tore bricks from the walls outside homes and smashed sidewalks with sledgehammers to toss at riot police. In one place, the unruly crowd used sections of a dismantled a picket fence to take cover on the street.
- ▪PA/via AP hide caption toggle caption PA/via AP BELFAST, Northern Ireland — Police blasted water cannons Wednesday at protesters in Northern Ireland who set small fires and hurled bricks, rocks and bottles at them during a second night of v
- ▪Demonstrators wearing masks tore bricks from the walls outside homes and smashed sidewalks with sledgehammers to toss at riot police.
- ▪In one place, the unruly crowd used sections of a dismantled a picket fence to take cover on the street.
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| Canonical URL | https://www.npr.org/2026/06/11/g-s1-127401/uk-anti-immigration-protests-belfast |
| Publication time | Thu, 11 Jun 2026 01:24:32 -0400 |
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World Police blast water cannons at protesters amid unrest over stabbing in Belfast June 11, 20261:24 AM ET By The Associated Press Police fire a water cannon towards rioters after they set fire to wheelie bins and removed a garden fence to use as a shield against the water cannon in Newtownabbey, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Wednesday June 10, 2026. PA/via AP hide caption toggle caption PA/via AP BELFAST, Northern Ireland — Police blasted water cannons Wednesday at protesters in Northern Ireland who set small fires and hurled bricks, rocks and bottles at them during a second night of violence over a brutal stabbing on a Belfast street. Demonstrators wearing masks tore bricks from the walls outside homes and smashed sidewalks with sledgehammers to toss at riot police.
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