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<\/p>\nPolice confirmed that offences included rioting, arson with intent to endanger life, and burglary with intent to cause arson, with all cases currently before the courts.<\/p>\n
Photographs of 60 potential suspects were released as part of the investigation, leading to 49 arrests to date.<\/p>\n
Detective Chief Inspector Michael O\u2019Loan from the PSNI\u2019s Serious Crime Branch said a \u201cdedicated investigation team\u201d was established to examine the violence, which began on Monday, June 9.<\/p>\n
Violence erupted in Ballymena in June after an alleged sexual assault of a girl in the town.<\/p>\n
A peaceful protest in the Co Antrim town over the incident was followed by attacks on police and properties housing ethnic minorities, described by police at the time as \u201cracist thuggery\u201d.<\/p>\n
The disturbances lasted for several nights and spread to other areas of Northern Ireland including Portadown, Larne, Belfast, Carrickfergus, Londonderry and Coleraine.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn Monday, 9th June, hate motivated, serious public disorder unfolded in Ballymena which saw the homes of ethnic minority families destroyed and violent crowds attack police officers,\u201d said Mr O\u2019Loan.<\/p>\n
\u201cConsecutive nights of sustained disorder in Ballymena and other parts of Northern Ireland followed until calm was restored.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr O\u2019Loan said the team reviewed over 1,000 hours of CCTV, evidence-gathering and body-worn video footage, along with large volumes of online material, to identify those responsible.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis team\u2019s work has been vital in restoring calm and providing reassurance to local communities in Ballymena and across Northern Ireland by identifying, and holding those responsible accountable for their actions,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
However, a number of suspects remain unidentified and police have published their images online.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would appeal to these individuals to come forward and hand themselves into the police, or if you know who they are, please tell us,\u201d Mr O\u2019Loan added. \u201cYou can view images of these suspects on our website.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Riots broke out in Ballymena over the summer.<\/p>\n
Ballymena six weeks on: \u201cThere are still localised concerns\u201d <\/p>\n
He urged anyone with information, photographs, or footage from the incidents to contact police through the Major Incident Public Portal at mipp.police.uk, or report anonymously via Crimestoppers.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe PSNI will do everything we can to prevent hate crime and bring those responsible to justice,\u201d Mr O\u2019Loan said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is totally unacceptable that anyone is targeted because of their race. No one should feel intimidated or threatened due to their ethnicity, and officers will continue to pursue justice for the victims of hate-related crime.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police confirmed that offences included rioting, arson with intent to endanger life, and burglary with intent to cause…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":564275,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5011],"tags":[1249,73935,1144,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-564274","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-northern-ireland","8":"tag-kurtis-reid","9":"tag-ni-protests","10":"tag-northern-ireland","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115532913747203948","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/564275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}