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Cafe set alight by far-right activists during an anti-immigration protest in Belfast
A cafe on the Donegall Road in south Belfast which has been destroyed after it was set alight following disorder which followed anti-immigration protests in the city, August 4, 2024

A CAFE was set alight by far-right activists during a demonstration in south Belfast on Saturday, authorities in Northern Ireland said.

The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service said the blaze on the Donegall Road was “determined and deliberate.”

The Police Service of Northern Ireland reported that it had made two arrests during its ongoing investigations into hate crimes in the area.

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