Overview
- The unrest began after two 14-year-olds were arrested in Ballymena over an alleged sexual assault and has spread to Larne, Portadown, Coleraine, Newtownabbey and Belfast
- Police reported 41 officers wounded by petrol bombs, masonry and fireworks and had made 15 arrests by Thursday evening
- PSNI deployed water cannon, armoured vehicles and dog units while securing 80 public-order reinforcements from Scotland
- Masked assailants targeted ethnic minority families, displacing residents and setting fire to homes, vehicles and a Larne leisure centre sheltering evacuees
- PSNI Chief Constable Jon Boutcher vowed to identify and prosecute those responsible as political leaders across Stormont condemned the violence