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Water cannon fired in latest disorder after Belfast knife attack
Key takeaways
- The cannon was deployed at the Sandyknowes roundabout in County Antrim.
- Riot police came under sustained attack from a group throwing bricks, bottles and pieces of wood at a major roundabout to the north-west of Belfast.
- Additional officers were drafted in but Wednesday's disorder was not on the same scale as Tuesday's violence.
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Barry O'Connor BBC News NIPacemaker. The cannon was deployed at the Sandyknowes roundabout in County Antrim. A water cannon has been deployed to disperse a large crowd after a second night of disorder in Northern Ireland following the Belfast knife attack.
Riot police came under sustained attack from a group throwing bricks, bottles and pieces of wood at a major roundabout to the north-west of Belfast.
Additional officers were drafted in but Wednesday's disorder was not on the same scale as Tuesday's violence.
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