1. Youths set vehicles on fire, and threw petrol bombs, blast bombs, bricks and bottles. 2. A blast bomb was thrown but the device failed to explode. 3. The bomb, believed to be a hand-held blast bomb, was thrown against the New Barnsley police station in North Belfast. 4. A blast bomb was also thrown at police lines and protesters fired shots at police with a rifle and a handgun. 5. A blast bomb was also thrown at police lines and protesters fired shots at police. 6. A hostile crowd hurled stones and two homemade blast bombs at police, injuring three officers. 7. A police Land Rover was set ablaze and army explosive experts were called to the scene to defuse a blast bomb, police said. 8. Army explosives experts called to the scene also defused a blast bomb and a police vehicle was destroyed by fire. 9. It is being nearly doubled in height to prevent home-made missiles such as blast bombs and petrol bombs being thrown over. 10. Nine officers were hurt when their Land Rover was hit by a blast bomb during the trouble in the Short Strand area. |