Catholic injured in north Belfast sectarian violence

A Catholic man was hit in the face with a brick by a gang of loyalists during renewed sectarian violence in north Belfast.

A Catholic man was hit in the face with a brick by a gang of loyalists during renewed sectarian violence in north Belfast.

The man suffered cuts and bruising after being hit in the face in the Deerpark Road area of the city.

The disturbances came as a Catholic family was moving out of the area, following a series of attacks and threats against them in the past week.

Windows in a number of Catholic homes along the road have been attacked since last weekend.

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A number of homes along Deerpark Road have had their windows broken and are now boarded up.

Sinn Féin blamed loyalists for the violence, but community workers insist republican gangs are equally to blame.