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Article: Renewed violence near Catholic school. (Ireland).(Brief Article)
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- Catholic Insight
- Article date:
- March 1, 2002
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Belfast--The surface calm in place since late November 2001 in the Ardoyne area of North Belfast was disrupted in early January by a new flare-up of street violence between Catholics and Protestants.
Last fall Holy Cross primary school for girls became a symbol of the hostile anti-Catholic attitudes which still disfigure community life in Northern Ireland. The school is situated in a Protestant enclave bordering on a larger Catholic area.
On September 5,2001, a homemade bomb thrown by pro-British loyalists exploded near the school, injuring a policeman and causing terror among the pupils and their parents. As the violence escalated, TV viewers worldwide ...