Northern Ireland leaders call for calm after violence escalates

Authorities in Northern Ireland sought to restore calm on Thursday after Protestant and Catholic youths in Belfast hurled bricks, fireworks and gasoline bombs at police and each other. It was the worst mayhem in a week of street violence in the region, where Britain's exit from the European Union has unsettled an uneasy political balance.

Northern Ireland leaders call for calm after violence escalates
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Authorities in Northern Ireland sought to restore calm on Thursday after Protestant and Catholic youths in Belfast hurled bricks, fireworks and gasoline bombs at police and each other. It was the worst mayhem in a week of street violence in the region, where Britain's exit from the European Union has unsettled an uneasy political balance.