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EXPLAINER: What is behind the latest unrest in N Ireland?
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LONDON – Young people have hurled bricks, fireworks and gasoline bombs at police and set hijacked cars and a bus on fire during a week of violence on the streets of Northern Ireland.
Police responded with rubber bullets and water cannons. The chaotic scenes have stirred memories of decades of Catholic-Protestant conflict, known as “The Troubles.” A 1998 peace deal ended large-scale violence but did not resolve Northern Ireland’s deep-rooted tensions.
A look at the background to the new violence: WHY IS NORTHERN IRELAND A CONTESTED LAND? Geographically, Northern Ireland is part of Ireland.
Politically, it’s part of the United Kingdom. Ireland, long dominated by its bigger neighbor, broke free about 100 years ago after centuries of
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