Don't miss a thing by getting the latest from the Manchester Evening News sent direct to your inbox The Northern Ireland Executive is to meet on Thursday morning to be briefed on the ongoing unrest seen over the last week.
Violent scenes saw attacks on police, petrol bombings and rioting have taken place repeatedly on the streets of Belfast and Derry throughout the past week.
Wednesday night saw a bus hijacked and set on fire, a press photographer assaulted and clashes between loyalists and nationalists at a peace line street linking the Shankhill Road with Springfield Road in West Belfast.
Leaders will meet for the briefing at 10am, an hour before the Stormont Assembly is to be recalled to discuss the recent scenes of violence in mainly
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