Archive · 12 Jun 2025
Northern Ireland Violence Continues, Targeting Police and Migrant Shelter
People in Northern Ireland are still fighting and causing trouble.
They are attacking the police and setting things on fire, including a place where families who moved from their homes were staying.
The fighting started after some teenagers were arrested.
The police are looking into whether some of the attacks are because of racism.
The government and other leaders are very upset and want the violence to stop.
Violence continued for a third night in Northern Ireland, with attacks on police and property.
A leisure center sheltering migrant families was set on fire in Larne, after attacks in Ballymena.
Nine officers were injured on Wednesday, bringing the total to 41 since the unrest began.
The violence followed the arrest of two 14-year-old boys accused of serious sexual assault.
Police are investigating the attacks as racially-motivated hate crimes.
- Who
- Police officers, rioters, and migrant families.
- What
- Violence, attacks on police and property, and arson.
- When
- Over multiple days, starting after an alleged sexual assault.
- Where
- Ballymena, Larne, Coleraine, and Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland.
- Why
- Protests and anger over an alleged sexual assault and alleged anti-immigrant sentiment.
Government/Police
Protestors/Rioters
Violence
Government/Police
The violence must stop immediately.
Protestors/Rioters
The violence is unacceptable and will be met with force.
- Injured Officers
- 41
- Arrested
- Nine people
- Incident Type
- Racially-motivated hate crimes
- Accusation
- Serious sexual assault
- Location
- Northern Ireland