20 police officers were injured and up to 10 shots were fired by IRA die-hards. Four remanded in custody following Ardoyne riots on 12 July 2012. #MORE BELOW#
Throughout the afternoon and evening police came under a bombardment of petrol bombs, bottles, stones, bricks, golf balls and fireworks. There were reports that a pipe bomb had been thrown at police lines. Youths also threw pieces of the stolen burned BMW at officers.
Petrol bombs and bricks were thrown at police lines by both nationalists and loyalists.
Police fired six plastic bullets and used water cannon on the crowds. None of the injuries caused to police officers were serious.
PSNI Chief Constable Matt Baggott said those involved had no reason to attack the police.
"There is no excuse for rioting and violence, albeit it was contained in a relatively small area of Northern Ireland," he said.
"We will be bringing many people to court in the days that follow.
"In time, we will have to understand more about why some parts of Northern Ireland are falling behind and that's a challenge for us all, politicians, police and community alike."
Assistant Chief Constable Will Kerr said the community needed to call a halt to the violence.
"I am angry that we have these three days of annual madness where it seems that everybody thinks the peacekeepers are a legitimate target," he said.
"We will be making a significant number of arrests, as we did last year, over the course of the next weeks and months to make sure that people are placed before the courts and answer for their decisions."
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