UK PM Urges Calm as Belfast Protesters Hijack Bus, Attack Police

UK PM Urges Calm as Belfast Protesters Hijack Bus, Attack Police
Police vehicles are seen as a hijacked bus burns on the Shankill Road as protests continue in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on April 7, 2021. Jason Cairnduff/Reuters
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BELFAST—Crowds of youths in a pro-British area of Belfast set a hijacked bus on fire and attacked police with stones in the latest of a series of nightly outbreaks of violence that began last week.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was “deeply concerned” by the violence, which has injured dozens of police officers in recent days as protesters burned cars and hurled petrol bombs at police.