Hundreds of masked rioters attacked police and set homes and cars on fire in the Northern Irish town of Ballymena on Tuesday, in the second successive night of disorder that followed a protest over an alleged sexual assault in the town.

In Portadown, Northern Ireland, rioters clashed with police amid anti-immigrant violence, prompted by the arrest of two teenagers. The incidents followed a court hearing where the boys denied serious charges via a Romanian interpreter.

Rioters livestreamed themselves burning down a house on TikTok during a second night of racially motivated disorder in Northern Ireland.

Homes and cars have been set on fire during a second night of violence in Ballymena as police condemned the unrest as “racist thuggery”.Dramatic scenes unfolded in the Northern Ireland town as rioters hurled petrol bombs,