Sectarian gangs clash in north Belfast

Renewed disturbances in north Belfast have seen pipe bombs and a blast bomb thrown at security forces.

Renewed disturbances in north Belfast have seen pipe bombs and a blast bomb thrown at security forces.

Loyalist and nationalist groups clashed at the Limestone Road area - hurling rocks before turning on the police and army when they arrived.

There are no reports of injuries yet. A hijacked lorry has been set on fire.

This evening’s violence follows disturbances in the area yesterday evening when a pipe bomb was thrown.

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More than 100 nationalists and loyalists hurled stones at each other, before police moved in to separate them.

And on Saturday loyalist and nationalist groups clashed in the North Queen Street/New Lodge areas on after reports that houses in the Duncairn Gardens area had been stoned.

Security forces came under attack when they moved in to separate them. A police spokesman said more than 40 petrol bombs were thrown at them.