The World - News from April 20, 1986
Protestant crowds in Ulster attacked a police station and Roman Catholic homes in Portadown and set a Catholic church ablaze in Lisburn, badly damaging the structure. Seven rioters were arrested, and one officer was injured in defending the police station. It was the third night of violence after the death of a Protestant man hit by a police plastic bullet fired at demonstrators. The Protestants oppose an accord giving the Irish Republic a voice in Northern Ireland.
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