Executive ministers will meet later ahead of the Northern Ireland Assembly being recalled to condemn recent violence in Northern Ireland. A successful recall petition will see MLAs return from their summer break to discuss the matter.
Businesses in the city were attacked after an anti-immigration protest erupted into disorder. It is understood that Chief Constable Jon Boutcher will brief the executive at Thursday’s meeting. The first and deputy first ministers have said their joint priority is to face down racism and intimidation.
They will lead a meeting of the executive on Thursday morning, ahead of the assembly recall beginning at 12:00 BST. The Justice Minister Naomi Long told BBCNI’s Good Morning Ulster that the next few weeks could be very challenging to deal with if there is ongoing unrest and that a request has been made for more police officers.
“Additional resources have been offered in England and Wales to help with the unrest there and we need to make sure they make their way to Northern Ireland,” Ms Long said.
Speaking about some of the criticism of the police operation to the disorder, Ms Long said “if there are lessons to be learned” they need to be learned quickly. I understand there has been a lack of trust to date and I understand people are frustrated when they call the police and perhaps they don’t come as quickly as possible and there are resource implications that lead to those challenges, but I’m appealing to people if you have concerns, if you are afraid, if you are worried, to contact the police.
Source: BBC
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