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Charges over Ballymena riots as centre housing foreign families attacked
- Riots broke out in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, starting June 9, after two Romanian teenagers were charged with sexually assaulting a girl.
- The violence followed a peaceful protest and escalated with masked rioters attacking police, setting homes on fire, and targeting immigrant families.
- Residents, including the Koleva family, fled homes fearing for safety, with some households barricading themselves and immigrant families displaying nationality signs to avoid attacks.
- Police reported that 41 officers were injured in the initial three days of unrest, with 15 individuals arrested. PSNI Chief Constable Jon Boutcher condemned the violence as racist, emphasizing that targeting families based on their differences constitutes racism.
- Authorities expect more arrests and a rising demand for emergency accommodation as communities face ongoing anti-immigrant unrest and support efforts continue.
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In the Northern Irish Ballymena there have been several nights of serious riots with arsons and street battles with the police. Migrants live there and in other places in fear. The reason was the arrest of two Romanian-speaking teenagers because of the suspicion of rape. The media illuminates the driving forces of the riots.
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On June 9th 2025, two migrants were arrested and charged with the attempted rape of a 14-year old Irish girl in the town of Ballymena. In response, scores of beleaguered Irish people have now, for days, cascaded throughout the streets of Ballymena, in an effort to decry and protest the hyper-liberal migration policies that have decimated public safety in their hometown and transformed the once-noble Irish nation into a morass of violent crime an…
In Ballymena, violence escalates after a sexual crime. Houses and shops of Romanians are the target of arson attacks.
A HotNews team went to the city of Ballymena in Northern Ireland to see where the effects are but also the causes of violent protests they have
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