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What was most grimly depressing tonight was leaving East Belfast and scores and scores of people masked and unmasked walking happily home along the pavements like they’d just been at a concert.
Young children flee into the back of a PSNI Land Rover tonight after being rescued from their home on Lendrick Street in East Belfast, which was set on fire. Disorder flared in response to Monday night's stabbing attack in the city
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For the record and for those of you as amused as I was by the inclusion of the Falls on the patriot list of roads to be closed, it’s been quiet from top to bottom.
Residents had to be evacuated from their homes in east Belfast following fires.
Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service officers attended the scene at Lendrick Street on Tuesday night.
Live updates: https://t.co/e5sXQxSNZE
📸: PA
Last nights incident in Belfast is no excuse for tonights rascist attacks. Rascists are exploiting mostly young people without thought for the consequences. People deserve better. Say no to rascism.
Groups of masked men burning families out of their homes is nothing less than disgusting cowardice.
This has nothing to do with community.
This is outright thuggery.
The attack in North Belfast was heinous and wrong.
But there are dangerous attempts to exploit that to target and attack innocent people who are simply trying to live, work and raise their families here.
Racism, intimidation and violence are wrong wherever they occur.
There can be no excuse and no justification for these attacks tonight.
No one wants to see this on our streets and I again appeal for calm.
There is understandable disgust & revulsion at the horrific attempted murder that took place last night. I share that revulsion.
But the scenes we are witnessing tonight, family homes attacked, cars burnt, damaged infrastructure & parts of our community in flames, are shameful & disgraceful.
No one has the right to spread fear, terrorise innocent families or unleash lawless disorder on our streets.
I spent today on the ground in north Belfast, & the message from local residents was clear: the focus must remain on supporting the victim, standing with his family & ensuring the perpetrator is brought to justice.
The actions of those who are destroying their own communities are totally unacceptable.
It is clear that the horrendous attack last night is being used to whip up fear, division & hatred.
That must be called out.
The pogromists ever primed to answer the dog whistle. God help the families cowering in fear in their homes tonight.
Not one of these masked thugs gives a damn about that poor man attacked in north Belfast last night.
Was up at Kinnaird earlier, I reported there in 2019 when Frances Murray, and Joseph Dutton were stabbed to death, their killer was running around the Antrim Road covered in blood before being caught, not only is knife crime not new to NI it isn’t even new to that street
Currently 0 standalone GAA council run pitches in Lisburn and Castlereagh Council and the new Pitches Strategy only references one potentially.
This is not acceptable!
Our SF team in LCCC will continue to fight for more GAA and sports provisions in the council area.
Delighted to see the Lisburn Civic Centre and bridge lit up in pink to mark three years of Dáithí’s Law.
Eight years on, Dáithí is still waiting for the gift of a new heart. Please have the conversation with your family about organ donation. @lisburnccc#Donate4Dáithí