Six children hurt as school buses stoned

SIX children have been released from hospital after they were injured when two buses were stoned in Ardoyne, north Belfast

SIX children have been released from hospital after they were injured when two buses were stoned in Ardoyne, north Belfast. Several bricks were thrown at a Citybus on Westland Road on a school run on Wednesday.

Three boys and two girls, aged 11 to 14, suffered head injuries and cuts to their hands and legs. In another attack later that day, a 15 year old girl was injured in the face, shoulder and leg when a Citybus was stoned at the Ardoyne shops on the Crumlin Road.

Meanwhile, the RUC is investigating a fire which destroyed Muckery Orange Hall near Lurgan, Co Armagh, on Wednesday.

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