(7 Jul 1997) Natural Sound
Nationalists across Northern Ireland vented their anger in protests, riots, car burnings and attacks on police after British authorities forced a Protestant march through a mainly Catholic neighborhood.
In the early hours of Monday nationalist rioters clashed with police on the Old Park Road in north Belfast.
Rioters threw fire-bombs at police, who in turn fired plastic bullets.
The police then crossed over from their position on the loyalist side to the nationalist, chasing rioters.
On the lower Ormeau Road in south Belfast, fire fighters rushed to extinguish a timber mill that had been set alight.
Rioters threw rocks at security forces while fire fighters tried to contain the fire.
Last year, clashes over the annual march set off Northern Ireland's most widespread rioting in a generation.
Police initially blocked the march, leading to widespread Protestant rioting. Then they allowed it to proceed, setting off fiercer Catholic rioting.
This year, officials shifted tactics and let the Protestant parade proceed from the start.
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