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Recognizing the severity, officials like Northern Ireland's police chief and the British Minister for Northern Ireland condemned the violence, calling for an immediate halt to the chaos. With five arrests already made, more are anticipated as unrest looms into another night.
The disturbances have ignited fears about the sustainability of peace in a region still marked by the scars of the Troubles—sectarian violence that resulted in thousands of deaths before the Good Friday Agreement of 1998.