Police attack 'attempted murder'
Police say they are treating an attack by loyalists on a police officer in Belfast on Monday night as attempted murder. A gang threw a petrol bomb into his unmarked vehicle after surrounding and smashing it.
Mob violence in Northern Ireland 'stoked by social media'
PSNI Chief Constable Matt Baggott added it was fortunate nobody had been killed or seriously injured last night, and he praised police for doing a "magnificent" job.
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