Violence flares at march
NZPA-Reuter Londonderry Baton-wielding British troops in full riot gear dispersed crowds of youths who tried to break up the traditional Apprentice Boys’ march through Northern Ireland’s predominantly Catholic second city. Crowds of Catholic teenagers on Saturday hurled bottles and stones at the troops, who had been guarding the 10,000 Protestant marchers in one of the biggest “Orange Day” parades for several years.
Several soldiers were hurt by rocks or stones, although none seriously, and scores of shop windows were smashed. One delerlict building was also set on fire.
It was not immediately known whether any civilians had been injured. The annual parade commemorates the start of the seige of Londonderry in 1688 when apprentice boys shut the gates of the city against the army of James 11.
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