Rioted riots in Northern Ireland
The riots were followed by a protest in the area, about 45 kilometers from the Belfast capital, earlier on Monday night, according to a police statement, adding that there was a damage to numerous real estate.
« We invite everyone to stay calm and behave responsibly, » said Sue Sue Sueen supervisor in a police statement.
BBC News reported that hundreds of protesters gathered in Ballymen in response to the case of two teenagers who had previously appeared before the Misdemeanor Court in Coleraine during the day, accused of a sex attack on a teenager in the city of Antrim.
Irish medium of RTE News reported that teenagers, who are claimed to be Romanians and spoke through a translator, cannot be identified because of their age. A separate police statement from Sunday states that two teenagers have been charged with attempted rape regarding a serious sex attack on a teenage girl in Ballymen on Saturday night.
Ballymen is a city of 32,000 inhabitants where Liam Neeson was born.
