250 petrol bombs thrown at police.THE RUC RUC Royal Ulster Constabulary: a former name for the Police Service of Northern Ireland RUC n abbr (= Royal Ulster Constabulary) → fuerza de policía en Irlanda del Norte RUC (Brit today said that in the 24 hours to 5am today, 41 officers and two soldiers had been injured in the trouble. Some 250 petrol bombs and 15 blast bombs had been thrown and four cars set on fire. Petrol bombs, nail bombs and blast bombs were thrown at police lines during disturbances close to the area where loyalists Loyalists, in the American Revolution, colonials who adhered to the British cause. The patriots referred to them as Tories. Although Loyalists were found in all social classes and occupations, a disproportionately large number were engaged in commerce and the are engaged in the ongoing protest to prevent Catholic children going to school. In the Glenbryn area, a large crowd of loyalists threw bottles, bricks, fireworks fireworks: see pyrotechnics. fireworks Explosives or combustibles used for display. Of ancient Chinese origin, fireworks evidently developed out of military rockets and explosive missiles and accompanied the spread of military explosives westward to and ball bearings ball bearings n → roulement m à billes at the security forces. There were also reports of clashes between rival mobs in North Queen Street, Limestone Road and Westland Road areas. |
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