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>Petrol bomb attacks at Creggan parade >The PSNI were attacked with petrol bombs and bricks at >a dissident republican parade in the Creggan area of >Derry yesterday afternoon. >By Michael McMonagle > >The police said that a crowd of up to 30 young people >gathered near the gates of the City Cemetery at around >2.15pm yesterday shortly before what a police >spokesperson described as an "un-notified republican >parade" was set to begin. > >A police landrover in the area was attacked. Four >police landrovers arrived in the area shortly after >the incident began and were also attacked by the crowd >throwing bricks and a number of petrol bombs. > >A PSNI helicopter hovered over the area during the >disturbances. > >The parade was organised the 32 County Sovereignty >Movement, the political wing of the Real IRA. > >They had planned to gather at the gates of the City >Cemetery before making their way to the republican >plot to hold an Easter Rising commemoration. Marian >Price from the 32 County Sovereignty Movement was the >main speaker at the commemoration. > >A PSNI spokesperson said: "A number of petrol bombs >were thrown at police during an un-notified republican >parade in the Creggan area of the city. > >Around 25 to 30 people, mostly youths, were involved >in the disturbances which occurred close to the City >Cemetery around 2.15pm. There were no reports of any >injuries and no arrests were made.The incident was >cleared shortly after 3.00pm. Inquiries into the >matter are continuing." > >Sinn Féin councillor Peter Anderson condemned the >attack on the police but asked what the PSNI were >doing at a republican Easter commemoration. > >"Obviously this is to be regretted and it is not what >we want to see. The question has to be asked, however, >what were the police doing at a republican >commemoration in a republican area. > >Many people will say that the young people were being >baited by the PSNI presence there," he said. >'Goaded' > >A spokesperson for the 32 County Sovereignty Movement >claimed that republicans attending the commemoration >had been "goaded" by the police. > >"The police were sitting there and they goaded the >young people who were standing watching. If the police >are going to sit in landrovers in the middle of >Creggan at a republican parade then this was always >going to happen," he said.

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