LONDON: Dozens of police officers were injured during riots by pro-British Protestants in Belfast, in what Northern Ireland’s police chief condemned on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) as “mindless anarchy.”

A total of 56 officers were hurt, four requiring hospital treatment, when they were attacked with bricks, bottles and paving stones from the street on Friday night, police said.

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