10/06/2002
Policeman suffers burns in petrol-bomb attack
Shots have been fired at the security forces and a policeman injured by a petrol bomb during loyalist rioting in south Belfast.
The trouble erupted at about 2am on Sunday morning when a masked man hijacked a van in the loyalist Donegall Pass area. It was set on fire and used to block the road.
Angry mobs then hurled petrol bombs and missiles at police, who later came under attack by gunfire. Police fired one baton round in return.
A policeman was taken to hospital with burns to his face and hands after his vehicle was hit by a petrol bomb.
Troops were brought in and two men were arrested for riotous and disorderly behaviour.
As the fire service tried to deal with several burning cars the security forces cordoned off the loyalist area at both ends of the Donegall Pass.
Police later seized two crates of petrol bombs at Walnut Street.
Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams is to meet with Prime Minister Tony Blair today to discuss the recent violence.
(AMcE)
The trouble erupted at about 2am on Sunday morning when a masked man hijacked a van in the loyalist Donegall Pass area. It was set on fire and used to block the road.
Angry mobs then hurled petrol bombs and missiles at police, who later came under attack by gunfire. Police fired one baton round in return.
A policeman was taken to hospital with burns to his face and hands after his vehicle was hit by a petrol bomb.
Troops were brought in and two men were arrested for riotous and disorderly behaviour.
As the fire service tried to deal with several burning cars the security forces cordoned off the loyalist area at both ends of the Donegall Pass.
Police later seized two crates of petrol bombs at Walnut Street.
Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams is to meet with Prime Minister Tony Blair today to discuss the recent violence.
(AMcE)
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