For a third night, riots rocked the town of Ballymena in Northern Ireland, with protesters throwing petrol bombs.

Masked rioters attacked police and set homes and cars alight on a second night of widespread civil disobedience in a Northern Irish town.

It feels like a return to the bloody days of religious strife. Northern Ireland is facing turbulent times marked by racist riots. People are barricading themselves inside their homes out of fear. The spark was an attempted assault.