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12 July 2011
Last updated at 15:55 ET
Petrol bombs and other missiles have been thrown at police during rioting in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast.
The trouble broke out after police in riot gear took up position ahead of an Orange parade walking past the Ardoyne shops.
Stones, bottles and fireworks were thrown at police. Water cannon were used to push back the crowd.
The police have also fired a number of plastic bullets.
The Greater Ardoyne Residents Collective (GARC) which opposes the Orange parade passing through the nationalist Ardoyne held a protest in response to the Parades Commission decision to allow the march to pass the shops.
The Orange parade has now passed through the area.
Last year, there were several days of rioting after the parade was allowed to walk past the shops.
A car has been set alight nearby on the Crumlin Road.
On Monday night, 22 police officers were injured during serious rioting in several nationalist areas of west and north Belfast.
An investigation is continuing into the possibility that shots were fired during the trouble in west Belfast.
An ambulance and a fire engine were also attacked.
More than 40 petrol bombs were thrown at police, who said crowds of about 150-200 people were involved in the violence at Broadway and about 200 in both the Oldpark and New Lodge areas of north Belfast.
Crowds of nationalists threw petrol bombs and masonry at police who fired 51 plastic bullets in the Broadway and Oldpark areas.
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The trouble broke out after police in riot gear took up position ahead of an Orange parade walking past the Ardoyne shops.
Stones, bottles and fireworks were thrown at police. Water cannon were used to push back the crowd.
The police have also fired a number of plastic bullets.
The Greater Ardoyne Residents Collective (GARC) which opposes the Orange parade passing through the nationalist Ardoyne held a protest in response to the Parades Commission decision to allow the march to pass the shops.
The Orange parade has now passed through the area.
Last year, there were several days of rioting after the parade was allowed to walk past the shops.
A car has been set alight nearby on the Crumlin Road.
On Monday night, 22 police officers were injured during serious rioting in several nationalist areas of west and north Belfast.
An investigation is continuing into the possibility that shots were fired during the trouble in west Belfast.
An ambulance and a fire engine were also attacked.
More than 40 petrol bombs were thrown at police, who said crowds of about 150-200 people were involved in the violence at Broadway and about 200 in both the Oldpark and New Lodge areas of north Belfast.
Crowds of nationalists threw petrol bombs and masonry at police who fired 51 plastic bullets in the Broadway and Oldpark areas.
Are you in the area? Have you witnessed the rioting? Send us your comments using the form below:
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