Five PSNI officers injured in Belfast flag protest

on 09/03/2013 09:01:41

Five police officers have been injured in rioting over the restriction of the flying of the Union flag Belfast City Hall.

The PSNI say a crowd of more than 100 young people threw bricks and bottles at officers in Newtownabbey and set a car on fire lastnight.

Security sources said the trouble started when youths tried to remove Irish tricolour flags from lampposts and were challenged by police.