Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Three police officers were injured in Dublin after being pelted with stones, bottles and fireworks as rioting outside a hotel housing asylum seekers extended into a second night by protesters angered by the alleged sexual assault of 10-year-old girl.
The Irish Garda made 24 arrests, 17 of whom were due in court Thursday on public order charges. Five minors all males, were released to be dealt with by youth corrections agencies at a later date.
However, police said the extent of disorder near the Citywest Hotel, in the west of the Irish capital and which houses families under a government protection program, including Ukrainians, was much reduced from Tuesday night.
The initial protest was peaceful, but spilled over into clashes with police after violence was stirred and organized online, the force said. The unrest continued into the early hours and saw a police vehicle gutted by fire.
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