Northern Ireland’s Sinn Fein faces police probe as protest tensions fester
- Opposition unionists call for the prosecution of Sinn Fein lawmakers who participated in the protest.
- Northern Irish police have contacted representatives of Sinn Fein in an investigation into a protest that blocked a Protestant parade from marching through a Catholic area, the party said.
- The Sinn Fein party leads Northern Ireland’s power-sharing government alongside its main pro-British rival, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), which has called for Sinn Fein lawmakers to be prosecuted.
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- Opposition unionists call for the prosecution of Sinn Fein lawmakers who participated in the protest.
- Northern Irish police have contacted representatives of Sinn Fein in an investigation into a protest that blocked a Protestant parade from marching through a Catholic area, the party said.
- The Sinn Fein party leads Northern Ireland’s power-sharing government alongside its main pro-British rival, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), which has called for Sinn Fein lawmakers to be prosecuted.
Sources: Al Jazeera