World IN BRIEF : NORTHERN IRELAND : Sectarian Soccer Fans, Police Clash
From Times staff and Wire reports
Protestant and Roman Catholic soccer fans rioted despite tight security at a Belfast stadium and police fired plastic bullets into the stands to subdue the unruly crowd. The violence spilled into surrounding streets as buses were hijacked and set on fire. The police had formed a barrier between fans of Linfield, which has only Protestant players, and Donegal Celtic, from a Catholic neighborhood.
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