Fifteen police officers were injured and four houses set alight in anti-migrant riots after two teenagers, thought to be Romanian, were charged with the sexual assault of a girl in Northern Ireland.
Two 14-year-old boys appeared at a local court by video link on Monday, charged with attempted rape. The charges were read to them by a Romanian interpreter.
Violence erupted in Ballymena, County Antrim, on Monday night after a peaceful vigil by hundreds of people had been held in the town centre.
Ballymena Riots
Two Roma boys 14 who required a Romanian interpreter in court have been charged with attempted rape. The victim is aged 13.
Angry locals broke the windows of their parent's houses & later set fire to a house after setting aflame the barricades.
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— David Atherton (@DaveAtherton20) June 10, 2025
Ballymena
What looks to be thousands of locals out protesting the two rapes in as many weeks by foreigners.
— Real News Éire (@real_eire) June 9, 2025
