Water cannons were used by police to deter protesters in Northern Ireland amid a second night of unrest in Co Antrim.
This comes after protesters threw bricks at police in the latest incident following the Belfast knife attack, which saw a man in his 40s stabbed on Kinnard Avenue in north Belfast on Monday. At the time of writing, the man remains in a serious condition in hospital after suffering severe injuries.
A Sudanese national named, Hadi Alodid, who resides in Belfast, is facing three charges following the incident, including attempted murder, making threats to kill a hospital radiographer, and possession of a knife. More on this story from Nova here.
Following this, two nights of protests and conflict has descended onto the streets of Belfast, with last night showing a large vehicle lit up in flames as demonstrators confronted the police, having gathered around near the Sandyknowes roundabout in Newtownabbey, to the north west of Belfast.
Footage showed dozens of men dressed in black and wearing face coverings gathering along Antrim Road, throwing objects at a line of eight police vehicles. Riot police have been deployed to manage these demonstrations, which have seen many anti-immigration protesters marching to the Chimney Corner Hotel.
These demonstrators can be seen pulling bricks from properties and striking paving stones with sledgehammers to use them as weapons to throw at police. They have also taken wheelie bins from outside homes and setting them alight.
Police have used water cannons, firing them towards protesters who lit fires along the streets, around the Sandyknowes roundabout, around 13km northwest of Belfast city centre.
Taking to social media, the Police Service of Northern Ireland wrote: "Motorists advised to avoid the Sandyknowes Roundabout area of Newtownabbey due to ongoing disorder this evening.
"Crowds have gathered and missiles are being thrown at officers who have now deployed the water cannon in an attempt to maintain public order".
It was also reported by several outlets that several items were set fire to in Derry's Ardmore Road.
Additional officers have been deployed on these streets amid this ongoing unrest last night, following Monday's stabbing.
Elsewhere, Jon Boucher, the Chief Constable for the PSNI, said that 200 more officers will be on the streets tonight.
