Hundreds of nationalist residents living along the peace line in north and east Belfast have staged a series of protests against loyalist violence.
Pickets were held in the Short Strand, Cromac Street, the Crumlin Road, North Queen Street, the Antrim Road, and Grosvenor Road police station. Sinn Féin said they were to "highlight the plight of residents in the Short Strand and north Belfast who have borne the brunt of the current loyalist programme".
Violence continued yesterday in north Belfast. Loyalists fired on a nationalist house on Alliance Avenue while republicans attacked a house in the Protestant Glenbryn Park. No one was injured.
SDLP councillor Mr Martin Morgan said: "This ongoing violence must be brought to an end before someone is killed. Decisive action must be taken to protect communities bearing the brunt of this awful violence day in, day out." The SDLP will meet the North's Security Minister, Ms Jean Kennedy, to discuss the situation on Tuesday.
Ulster Unionists yesterday met to draw up a strategy to deal with street violence. Speaking afterwards, Stormont Minister Sir Reg Empey said: "It is obvious there is an orchestrated republican campaign in the interfaces and violence from loyalist paramilitaries."