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Ten police officers have been injured after petrol bombs were thrown during violent disorder in Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
The violence - understood to be carried out by nationalist youths - broke out on Saturday afternoon at the end of the Apprentice Boys of Derry parade with people also throwing fireworks and masonry.
William Calderwood, the Superintendent of Derry City and Strabane, called the incident “disgusting”and promised “a robust investigation is underway to bring all those responsible for this violence to justice”.
It comes after the UK’s justice secretary warned the impact of far-right violence that engulfed England last week would be felt for years to come.
“The impact of these days of disorder will be felt for months and years to come. They make the job of rebuilding the justice system harder,” Ms Mahmood wrote in The Observer.
So far, 779 people have been arrested for offences ranging from violent disorder to theft over the far-right violence, of whom 349 have now been charged.
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