Jon Boutcher was speaking at a press conference following three nights of violence in Northern Ireland.

The police said that attacks on houses and businesses in the town of Ballymena were being investigated as racially motivated, and that 15 officers had been injured.

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Jon Boutcher was speaking at a press conference following three nights of violence in Northern Ireland.