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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent

Crowd at republican parade in Northern Ireland attack police with petrol bombs

Youths hurled petrol bombs at police vehicles at the entrance to the City Cemetery after a parade to commemorate the 1916 Easter Rising.
Youths hurled petrol bombs at police vehicles at the entrance to the City Cemetery after a parade to commemorate the 1916 Easter Rising. Photograph: Press Eye Photography

A crowd at a dissident republican parade in Northern Ireland has attacked police with petrol bombs after a paramilitary-style march in Derry, prompting widespread condemnation.

The disturbances on Monday came on the third anniversary of the murder of the journalist Lyra McKee, who was shot by the New IRA in 2019.

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