TEEN YOUTHS TO FACE COURT ON RIOTING AND PETROL BOMB OFFENCES

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A teen youth to appear at Lisburn Magistrates’ Court on riot charges

DETECTIVES have charged two teenagers following trouble on Easter Monday.

Trouble flared on the Kilwilkie estate in Lurgan which followed rioting in the area overnight

Police vehicles were attacked by a mob of youths, some wearing masks, with bricks, bottles and petrol bombs.

One rioter was captured trying to pull a police officer out of the rear doors of a Land Rover before it sped off.

Two police officers were injured during the violence but their injuries were not said to be serious.

PSNI Supt David Moore said: “I would appeal to parents and those within the local community to exert their influence to bring this senseless behaviour to an end.”

Police say a 15-year-old is due to appear at Lisburn Magistrates’ Court this morning, Easter Tuesday, for a first remand hearing.

He has been charged with riotous behaviour, arson and placing an object on a railway line in Lurgan with intent to obstruct or overthrow an engine.

A second 15-year-old has been charged with riotous behaviour, making a petrol bomb and throwing a petrol bomb.

He is due to appear before Craigavon Youth Court in April.

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