Church leaders have appealed for calm after violence in Londonderry which police believe involved children as young as 10 and may have been orchestrated by paramilitaries. Catholic Bishop Donal McKeown and the Church of Ireland Bishop of Derry and Raphoe Andrew Forster spoke out after visiting the mainly-Protestant Fountain estate on Wednesday night, where homes were attacked the previous night. Two boys, aged 13 and 14, were arrested following the disorder in nearby Bishop Street, during which police were attacked with petrol bombs and other missiles. A third boy, aged 11, has also been released on bail after being arrested on suspicion of riotous behaviour and having an offensive weapon. "If there are people orchestrating it they really need to look at themselves and to the children who are involved," Forster said. "We went up to where the interface is and spoke to some of the residents there and my heart went out to them because if you are living with projectiles, missiles coming over the fence landing in your garden it's incredibly dangerous and it's very intimidating," he told BBC Radio Foyle's North West Today programme. Forster said the community had to speak "with one voice
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Church leaders have appealed for calm after violence in Londonderry which police believe involved children as young as 10 and may have been orchestrated by paramilitaries. Catholic Bishop Donal McKeown and the Church of Ireland Bishop of…
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Church leaders have appealed for calm after violence in Londonderry which police believe involved children as young as 10 and may have been orchestrated by paramilitaries. Catholic Bishop Donal McKeown and the Church of…
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Church leaders have appealed for calm after violence in Londonderry which police believe involved children as young as 10 and may have been orchestrated by paramilitaries. Catholic Bishop Donal McKeown and the Church of Ireland Bishop of…
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