The incident took place as officers from Police Service Northern Ireland (PSNI) attended what they described as an 'un-notified' march by dissident republicans
DUP MLA Gary Middleton tweeted:"This reckless behaviour is an attempt to cause harm not only to PSNI officers but to our communities as well.Pope Francis"In a spirit of gratitude I pray to the God of peace so that what was achieved in that historic step can be consolidated to benefit all the men and women of the island of Ireland," he said in his Easter Monday address at St Peter's Square.The Pope also invoked peace for the whole world, and in particular for Ukraine.
Police had warned that they had"strong" intelligence terror attacks were being planned against their officers on Easter Monday.25 years of Northern Ireland peace PSNI Chief Constable Simon Byrne said that officers would be moved to frontline duties to counter any potential threats, in a policing strategy he said hadn't been used for years.MI5 recently raised the terrorism threat level in Northern Ireland to severe, meaning an attack is highly likely.
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