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water cannon against rioters in [Northern Ireland](https://www.theguardian.com/uk/northernireland) in a second night of anti-immigration protests. Police used the cannon to disperse a crowd of about 300 people who burned a truck
water cannon has been deployed to disperse a large crowd after a second night of disorder in Northern Ireland following the Belfast knife attack. Riot police came under sustained attack from a group throwing bricks