Violent rioting in Portadown and Lurgan branded 'senseless' as some businesses to close and Translink services to halt amid fears of further unrest
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Violent rioting in Portadown and Lurgan branded 'senseless' as some businesses to close and Translink services to halt amid fears of further unrest

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A police car was burnt out, businesses were badly damaged and residents’ homes destroyed during rioting in Portadown and Lurgan on Tuesday evening. It followed a call for protests across NI following a knife attack on a man in north Belfast on Monday evening after which a Sudanese asylum seeker was arrested for attempted murder. In Portadown a police car was burnt out and several businesses suffered significant damage. In Church St a takeaway business had windows smashed and furniture...