{"id":117821,"date":"2021-04-08T16:04:43","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T08:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=117821"},"modified":"2021-04-08T16:04:45","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T08:04:45","slug":"british-pm-condemns-latest-northern-ireland-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=117821","title":{"rendered":"British PM condemns latest Northern Ireland violence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/o.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/o.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>LONDON, April 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Britain\u2019s prime minister has condemned another night of violence in Northern Ireland, after crowds threw petrol bombs and a bus was set on fire in Belfast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The violence follows a week of rioting which some have suggested is the first evidence Brexit turbulence may be boiling into unrest in the British province, where post-EU rules are stoking fury among pro-UK sections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crowds gathered at Lanark Way in Belfast \u201cwhere a bus has been set on fire\u201d, the Police Service Northern Ireland confirmed, advising people to avoid Springfield and West Circular roads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe way to resolve differences is through dialogue, not violence or criminality,\u201d PM Boris Johnson tweeted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added he was \u201cdeeply concerned\u201d by the scenes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A set of gates on the Lanark Way peace line \u2014 walls separating nationalist and unionist groups \u2014 were also set alight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCrowds of a few hundred on each side throwing petrol bombs over in both directions,\u201d witnesses said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First Minister Arlene Foster said: \u201cThis is not protest. This is vandalism and attempted murder. These actions do not represent unionism or loyalism.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Northern Ireland endured 30 years of sectarian conflict that killed 3,500 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unionist paramilitaries, British security forces and armed nationalists \u2014 seeking to unite the territory with the Republic of Ireland \u2014 waged battle until a landmark peace deal in 1998.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The accord let unionists and nationalists coexist by blurring the status of the region, dissolving border checks with fellow European Union member Ireland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the shock 2016 Brexit result, a special \u201cprotocol\u201d was agreed that shifted checks away from the land border. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON, April 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Britain\u2019s prime minister has condemned another night of violence in Northern Ireland, after crowds threw petrol bombs and a bus was set on fire in Belfast. The violence follows a week of rioting which some have suggested is the first evidence Brexit turbulence may be boiling into unrest in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":117822,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[209],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117821"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=117821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/117822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=117821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=117821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=117821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}