Petrol bombs thrown at rush hour

Police in Belfast tonight arrested two young men following disturbances near a motorway link running through the city.

Police in Belfast tonight arrested two young men following disturbances near a motorway link running through the city.

Petrol bombs were thrown during the incident, which happened during the rush-hour along the Westlink.

The motorway link runs between a loyalist area in south Belfast and nationalist homes off the Falls Road.

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