Riot police use water cannon during the second night of unrest in British Occupied Northern Ireland.

Police used water cannon to disperse protesters engaged in serious disorder for a second night in Ballymena, as petrol bombs and masonry were thrown at officers.

Police clash with rioters in Ballymena after UK-imported Romanian teens were defendants of a sex attack on a minor.

The state’s riot police were deployed around the Clonavon Terrace area on Tuesday night as many hundreds of people gathered in the Co Antrim town.

Police Service Northern Ireland (PSNI) vehicles formed barricades on some roads while riot police wearing armour and carrying shields stood nearby.

Police fired less-than-lethal rounds at some of those gathered and also used a water cannon to disperse the crowd.

THE FLAMES OF WRATH

It comes after violent disorder on Monday, following an earlier peaceful protest in support of the family of a girl who was the victim of a sexual assault in the area.

In Clonavon Terrace, several houses used by migrants had their windows smashed, and two which suffered significant smoke damage remained sealed off on Tuesday.

Two 14-year-old non-European boys appeared in court on Monday charged with attempted rape. The charges were read to the teenagers by a Romanian interpreter.

On Tuesday, the PSNI said it had made a third arrest in connection with the incident and reiterated a public appeal for information.

Detective Inspector Olphert from the PSNI’s public protection branch said: ‘A 28-year-old man was arrested yesterday evening, Monday, June 9. ‘He has been unconditionally released from police custody following questioning.’

COP BOSS VENTS HIS FURY ON DEFENDERS OF ETHNIC IRELAND

The politically correct Assistant Chief Constable Ryan Henderson said the attacks should be ‘loudly condemned by all right-thinking people’.

‘Any attempt to justify or explain it as something else is misplaced,’ he said at a press conference at Ballymena police station.

He said that members of the minority ethnic community felt fear, and there will be a significant policing operation in the town in the coming days to reassure the community.

VIOLENCE IS NOT THE ANSWER

Henderson said that police officers from England and Wales will be brought to Northern Ireland if needed to help the Northern Ireland cops in the wake of the Ballymena disorder.

He said: ‘Should I need any additionality, I’m absolutely assured that my colleagues in policing in England and Wales, the National Police Operation Centre, stand fast and ready to support of the migrant community should we need that support.’

The senior officer said police did not have specific intelligence that there would be a repeat of the violent scenes, but said a significant policing operation would be in place.

VIGILS

A PSNI spokesperson said: ‘At around 7.30pm, a planned vigil gathered in the Galgorm Road area before making its way towards Larne Street, onto Wakehurt Road and then down Queen Street.

‘The vigil was initially peaceful as it made its way towards the Clonavon Terrace area of Ballymena.

‘Officers were deployed at the vigil to ensure an appropriate and proportionate policing response, due to the large number of people who had gathered in the area.

‘Many masked individuals then broke away from the vigil and began to build barricades, stockpiling missiles and attacking properties in the Clonavon Terrace area.

FURIOUS CROWDS ATTACK COPS

‘Elements of the crowd then turned on to police and attacked officers with petrol bombs and masonry.

‘This disorder was sustained and continued in the vicinity of Galgorm Street, Linenhall Street and Larne Road Link in the vicinity of the Braid.’

The statement added: ‘The London regime’s police officers came under sustained attack over several hours with multiple petrol bombs, fireworks, heavy masonry and bricks thrown in their direction by masked rioters.

Fifteen officers were injured, with some requiring hospital treatment. Two police vehicles were also damaged during the disorder.

MIGRANT HOMES TORCHED

‘A number of homes and businesses were damaged, with windows and doors smashed. Four houses were damaged by fire, with three people evacuated.

‘The attacks on these properties are being investigated as racially motivated hate attacks. Windows were also smashed in several business units in Galgorm Parks in the early hours.

In total, six properties occupied by migrants have sustained damage to windows and doors during the disorder.

‘During the serious disorder, authorized police officers discharged one attenuating energy projectile (AEP), with one rioter struck.’

As part of ongoing inquiries, police are also investigating a report of arson at the Tobar Park area of Cullybackey in the early hours of Tuesday. Shortly after 12.20am, it was reported that a petrol bomb had been thrown at a vehicle in the area, which set it alight.

BRITAIN’S HATED PRO-MIGRANT PREMIER

Downing Street, home of Britain’s most unpopular premier in history, said there could be no justification for the violence in Ballymena. The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said: ‘The disorder we saw in Ballymena is very concerning.

‘Obviously, the reports of sexual assault in the area are extremely distressing, but there is no justification for attacks on police officers while they continue to protect local communities.

‘PSNI and the justice system must be allowed to carry out their jobs, and our thoughts are with the victims of the assault as well as the police officers who were injured.’

Earlier, previous comments from Jim Allister on Monday, that there had been a demographic change due to ‘unfettered immigration’ in the area.

Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) assembly member Paul Frew said he had been warning about ‘rising tensions’ in the area and those warnings have ‘now come true’.

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