Northern Irish Police Say Bombs Thrown in Belfast Rioting
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Police in Belfast were attacked with explosives and gasoline bombs as rioting continued for a fourth night over a decision to ban a Protestant parade from passing by a Catholic area of the city.
The bombs were thrown at police lines in the Newtownards Road area of east Belfast, a police spokesman said today in a recorded message. In north Belfast a “pipe-bomb-type device” was thrown at police. No injuries were reported.