Police fire water cannons as thugs try to storm Belfast asylum hotel in second night of violence
The Northern Irish capital has again erupted into violence after the alleged attempted murder on its streets
Riot police have fired water cannons on protesters in Belfast as thugs threw bricks and flares in a second night of violence.
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Protesters have again taken to the streets in the Northern Irish capital after several homes and vehicles were set alight on Tuesday.
Bricks, wheelie bins and traffic cones are being launched towards police to the north of Belfast by masked rioters.
Footage showed rioters wearing face coverings and all-black outfits, advancing towards police on Antrim Road in Newtownabbey, Co Antrim, and attempting to hit officers with bricks and other projectiles.
Some rioters could be seen kicking police vehicles, although the demonstrators retreated after a water cannon was used.
Videos shared on social media showed protesters attempting to march to the Chimney Corner Hotel, with riot police and several vans being deployed to manage the demonstrations.
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The clashes between rioters and police have come on the second consecutive night of violence.
After an anti-immigration demonstration in east Belfast on Tuesday, a Glider bus was set ablaze on Newtonards Road after hundreds descended on the city to protest.
Masked males set commercial bins alight and pushed them into the bus before it burst into a huge inferno.
Elsewhere, residents had to be evacuated from several houses after fires started in Lendrick Street and Ligoneil Road.
It has since been confirmed that 27 people were made homeless after their houses were destroyed by the fire.
Disorder related to the stabbing attack has not been limited to Northern Ireland, with protesters also taking to the streets in Southampton on Tuesday night.
Dozens were seen in the Hampshire city which has seen several waves of protests over the murder of Henry Nowak and issue of "two-tier policing" which some suggest played a part in his death.
Ahead of the latest unrest, Police Service of Northern Ireland Chief Constable Jon Boutcher said 200 more officers would be on the streets on Wednesday night.
“We will deal with this,” he said.
“We will be on the streets tonight in numbers even more than we were last night, and we have got arrangements in hand to get mutual aid that will be arriving here tomorrow.”
The force said that following the recent disorder, “some social media users are posting address details online”.
“We have received phone calls from a number of families, house owners, neighbours and members of the wider community who are extremely distressed as a result of this reckless activity,” a spokesperson for the PSNI said.
“This is unacceptable. It is putting lives at risk and has to stop.
“Anyone who shares personal information online with the intention to endanger others may be committing a criminal offence.”
Mr Jarvis told MPs there had been three arrests “but more will surely follow”.
Mr Ogilvie’s family said in a statement they were “devastated by the horrific attack” but pleaded for calm.
“We are aware of the tensions and talk of protests following this incident,” the statement said.
“We want to make it absolutely clear that overnight unrest is not welcome, and peaceful protest is the only way forward.
“We have many migrants who make a deeply valuable contribution to our country, including in our healthcare system and hospitality sector and we depend on them to make our country work.
“We do not want this terrible tragedy to be used to divide people or fuel hostility.”