🇮🇪 *Second night of rioting in Northern Ireland's Ballymena leaves 17 police officers injured* “Businesses and homes were attacked and damaged and a number of vehicles were also set on fire in the area. Seventeen officers were injured with some requiring hospital treatment,” a police spokesperson said. Disturbances erupted on Monday night – when 15 officers were injured – after a vigil for a teenage girl allegedly sexually assaulted by two 14-year-old boys. The boys had appeared in court earlier that day charged with attempted rape, where a Romanian interpreter read them the charges. --------------------------------- 🔴 Get short and instant News alerts by joining *INDEPENDENT PRESS* WhatsApp Channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaAtNxX8fewmiFmN7N22