Eyewitness footage shows the moment Irish nationalist youths threw dozens of petrol bombs at police on Sept. 9 as officers defused an explosive device near homes in Londonderry.

The device would have killed or maimed anyone close by had it exploded, police said in a statement. Two young people were burned as they took part in the attack on a police cordon at the scene, the force added.

There has been an increase in attacks in recent months, raising fears that Britain's decision to leave the European Union could be exacerbating sectarian tensions along the EU's only land border with the United Kingdom.

A 1998 peace deal largely ended three decades of sectarian violence in Northern Ireland between Irish nationalist militants seeking a united Ireland and pro-British loyalists defending the region's place in the United Kingdom.

But police officers are still sporadically targeted by small Irish nationalist splinter groups, including the New IRA.

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