Teenager hit by car in Belfast riot

A man has been arrested for attempted murder after a teenager was hit by a car during a riot in Belfast.

Police Service of Northern Ireland officers lifted the vehicle off the 16-year-old girl and gave first aid while separating missile-throwing loyalists from republicans in Ardoyne.

The victim suffered non-life threatening injuries and another woman and police officers were also hit by the vehicle in an area tightly packed with nationalist demonstrators.

Police line up in front of loyalist protesters on the Crumlin Road, Belfast

Police line up in front of loyalist protesters on the Crumlin Road, Belfast

Twenty police were injured during violence at the sectarian interface last night after stopping an Orange Order parade marking the Twelfth of July.

A senior officer said it was "regrettable" the event was not marshalled by Orangemen.

A woman is comforted by Father Gary Donegan after a car was overturned on the Crumlin Road, Belfast (Police officer's face pixelated at request of PSNI)

A woman is comforted by Father Gary Donegan after a car was overturned on the Crumlin Road, Belfast (Police officer's face pixelated at request of PSNI)

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