Sixteen people arrested and 12 police officers injured in the second night of riots in Belfast

Twelve police officers were injured and 16 arrests took place last night as a second day of unrest unfolded in Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn confirmed the incidents this morning, after riots and protests have ripped across the region following the attempted murder of NHS radiographer Stephen Ogilvie by Sudanese migrant Hadi Alodid, 30.

Footage from the riots show the police were pelted with bricks and petrol bombs with masked rioters in County Antrim on Wednesday night.

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