Families are fleeing their homes in Ballymena after masked rioters began to single out properties belonging to foreign nationals during a second night of race-related disorder in the Northern Irish town.
Witnesses described how gangs wearing black clothing and balaclavas shouted “where are the foreigners” as they marauded the streets, smashing windows and torching houses.
"Ireland is not the same little country it once was, that shift in the air, that fear that wasn't there before.
We will not sit quietly while safety becomes a luxury!" pic.twitter.com/2ZgABKDp2i
— MichaeloKeeffe (@Mick_O_Keeffe) June 11, 2025
Meanwhile in Northern Ireland
“Immigrants homes came under siege & people had to flee – a leisure centre was set on fire”
Riots & unrest spread out from Ballymena to other parts of Northern Ireland.
People are at breaking point – they don’t know what to do – but violence… pic.twitter.com/eVok55GX0J
— Concerned Citizen (@BGatesIsaPyscho) June 12, 2025
Ballymena Riots remind me of when Plymouth had enough…..
I actually had my head split open on this video. pic.twitter.com/7tMJEttk4Z
— DJE MEDIA (@DJEMEDIA_) June 9, 2025
