Police in Northern Ireland are responding to a second night of unrest in Ballymena, Co Antrim, deploying water cannons and firing baton rounds against rioters.
The public is urged to avoid the Clonavon Terrace area, where rioting occurred the previous night. Riot police are on the scene, and PSNI vehicles have barricaded some roads as hundreds gather in the town.
Last night’s disorder injured 15 officers, led to one arrest, and caused significant damage, including smashed windows and doors at homes and businesses, and fire damage to four houses, with three residents evacuated.
A 29-year-old man has been charged with disorderly behaviour, attempted criminal damage, and resisting police, and will appear in Ballymena Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.
The violence followed a protest in Ballymena town centre over an alleged sexual assault, with two migrants charged with attempted rape.
Some masked individuals from the vigil built barricades and attacked properties, with police investigating these as racially motivated hate crimes.
🚨BREAKING🚨
Roads are being blocked in Ballymena and debris is being collected and set alight.
The locals have had enough! pic.twitter.com/r18vQHxXNC
— TheLiberal.ie (@TheLiberal_ie) June 10, 2025
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