Violence continues as police respond with water cannon

About this episode

The episode discusses ongoing violence in Belfast following a knife attack and the police's response, including the use of water cannons.

Violence sparked by a knife attack in Belfast continues. A Sudanese man has been charged over that incident.  Twelve police officers have been injured as they confront rioters and attempts to target minorities. The PSNI deployed a water cannon in Newtownabbey as they were pelted with bricks.  Meanwhile a health trusts says it is ‘horrified’ after a nurse ‘with different skin colour’ was chased into hospital by masked men.   Ciarán Dunbar is joined by Kevin Scott.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Ciarán Dunbar

Guest: Kevin Scott

Topics covered

• violence
• police response
• knife attack
• Belfast
• minority targeting
• public safety

Keywords

• Belfast
• violence
• police
• water cannon
• knife attack
• minorities
• health trusts

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: PSNI, health trusts

Places: Belfast, Newtownabbey

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