00.15am |
Unexploded hand grenade found in Clandeboye Gardens, riot squad are
still in Clandeboye Drive.
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00.35am |
Riot squad withdraw back to the arch in Clandeboye.
|
00.40am |
Three PSNI jeeps arrive in Clandeboye and drive round to Clandeboye
Gardens. Another jeep blocked off the entrance to Clandeboye Gardens from
Clandeboye Drive. |
00.55am |
Bomb disposal arrived. |
01.35am |
Ballbearings being fired from the vicinity of Beechfield Street school
into Beechfield Street in the Short Strand. |
01.45am |
Riot squad pull out. |
03.05am |
Nuts, bolts, bricks being thrown into Cluan Place.
|
11.25am |
Stones, bricks are being thrown again at workmen repairing roofs.
|
11.28am |
Fireworks are coming into Clandeboye from Cluan Place.
|
02.00pm |
Fireworks again being fired into Clandeboye from Cluan Place.
|
02.35pm |
Bottles, bricks, stones, ballbearings and nuts and bolts coming in
from Cluan Place. |
03.55pm |
Bricks, stones, golf balls from Cluan Place into Clandeboye.
|
07.15pm |
A funeral of local man going into St Matthew’s Church is stoned by
loyalists from Newtownards Road, golf balls are also thrown, no PSNI
presence, no protection provided. When funeral Mass was over at
approximately 8pm the same group of loyalists were still present and
attacked the mourners coming out of the chapel. The PSNI were present at
this stage but still no protection was provided for the cortege. PSNI were
parked on the corner of Bryson Street/Newtownards Road and the stones and
golf balls were raining in, in full view of PSNI.
|
08.20pm |
Crowd of loyalists at the top of Mountpottinger Road start stoning
houses and people who have come out. At the same time a barrage of missiles,
stones, fireworks and paint-bombs are thrown over from Cluan Place. Some of
the fireworks land on roofs in Clandeboye. Earlier loyalists from Cluan
Place soaked the roofs in Clandeboye with hoses in order to cave in the
already badly damaged roofs.
|
08.45pm |
Two PSNI/RUC jeeps arrive in Clandeboye, driving in and straight out
again while barrage of missiles are thrown over from Cluan Place. Residents
shout at the PSNI to do something about the situation, they are ignored and
jeeps move on.
|
09.00pm |
Four to five jeeps arrive in Clandeboye Drive. PSNI get out dressed in
riot gear, missiles still coming over from Cluan Place. Around this time six
RIR jeeps have pulled up to Madrid Street, occupants get out dressed in riot
gear, there had been no trouble in Madrid Street.
|
09.30pm |
Reports are coming into the district of rioting on the Albertbridge
Road by loyalists clashing with the PSNI/RUC. A car and bus have been
hijacked, the car burned and the bus recovered.
|
10.35pm |
Three blast bombs are thrown into Bryson Street, two explode.
|
10.50pm |
Heavy fireworks come into Clandeboye from Cluan Place.
|
11.30pm |
Ballbearings, marbles, fireworks from Cluan Place into Clandeboye.
|
11.50pm |
Bricks, bottles, stones from Cluan Place into Clandeboye as police
jeeps sit in Clandeboye Drive.
|
11.59pm |
Another barrage of missiles from Cluan Place into Clandeboye Drive.
Thursday 22 August |
12.10am |
Bricks, stones, nuts and bolts come in from Cluan Place. This
continues until 12.55am.
|
12.55am |
Four jeeps move into Clandeboye and three come out, laughing and
joking as they pass each other. Fireworks are fired in from Templemore
Avenue.
|
12.57am |
Fireworks from Cluan Place into Clandeboye.
|
01.00am |
Ballbearings and bricks from Cluan Place into Clandeboye.
|
01.30am |
Bricks, bottles and stones from Thistle Court into Clandeboye Drive.
Saturday 24 August |
12.45pm |
Four fireworks thrown into Clandeboye Drive from Cluan Place.
|
03.00pm |
Two petrol bombs thrown at priest’s house but miss the target. Six or
eight young loyalists stone chapel for approximately an hour, throwing over
lines of traffic on Newtownards Road.
|
06.45pm |
Young loyalists stone chapel and people going to Mass. PSNI
continually drive past incidents but take no action. Young loyalists
continue to stone the chapel and grounds sporadically through the night.
|
07.15pm |
Fireworks, bricks and bottles thrown into Clandeboye Gardens from
Cluan Place.
|
07.20pm |
Bricks, bottles thrown from Thistle Court into Madrid Street.
|
08.15pm |
Large fireworks thrown from Cluan Place into Clandeboye Drive.
|
08.20pm |
Large firework thrown from Cluan place into Clandeboye Drive.
|
10.35pm |
Three fireworks thrown from Cluan Place into Clandeboye Drive.
|
10.45pm |
Two fireworks thrown from Cluan Place into Clandeboye
|
10.55pm |
Large firework thrown into Clandeboye Gardens from Cluan Place.
|
11.15pm |
Three large fireworks thrown into Clandeboye Drive and Clandeboye
Gardens from Cluan Place.
Sunday 25 August |
01.05am |
Fireworks thrown into Clandeboye Drive and Clandeboye Gardens from
Cluan Place
|
08.00am |
Bricks, bottles, ballbearings, nuts and bolts and fireworks thrown
into Clandeboye Drive and Gardens from Cluan Place, Paulette Avenue and
Langtry Court – continues until 10am.
|
12.30pm |
Fireworks, bricks, bottles, nuts and bolts thrown into Clandeboye
Drive and Gardens, continuing sporadically throughout the day until 5.45pm.
|
01.00pm |
The chapel and grounds are stoned throughout the day and night from
Newtownards Road.
|
06.00pm |
Residents confront PSNI who had just driven into Clandeboye estate
about the attacks that had taken place all that day. A barrage of fireworks,
nuts and bolts, paint bombs, ball bearings, marbles are thrown into
Clandeboye Drive and Gardens while PSNI sit in their jeeps.
|
08.00pm |
Attacks escalate in Clandeboye Drive, Gardens and Madrid Street from
Thistle Court and Beechfield Street continuing until midnight. PSNI and army
– around 40 jeeps – sit at the top of Mountpottinger Road facing towards the
residents of Clandeboye and Mountpottinger Road, all the while these attacks
continue and they make no attempt to stop them.
Monday 26 August |
12.35pm |
A constant barrage of commercial fireworks thrown into Clandeboye
Drive from Cluan Place, a journalist from the Irish Independent is present
and witnesses the attacks. In 20 minutes a total of 100 fireworks have been
thrown from Cluan Place.
|
01.00pm |
PSNI drive into Clandeboye and park at the top of Clandeboye Drive. A
resident from Clandeboye Drive along with a journalist approach the PSNI and
ask them why they are in Clandeboye when the fireworks are being thrown from
Cluan Place. PSNI said there was no police presence in Cluan Place, then
close the doors of the jeep and sit there while the attacks continue.
|
01.30pm |
Fireworks, bolts, stone, ball bearings, marbles and bottle thrown from
Cluan Place into Clandeboye. Residents turn on fire hoses and direct the
water in Cluan Place to try and stop the attacks. It doesn’t stop them and
loyalists chant sectarian abuse.
|
02.30pm |
Missiles thrown sporadically from Cluan Place into Clandeboye Drive
and Gardens for the rest of the day.
|
08.00pm |
Young loyalists stone chapel and grounds sporadically for two hours
from the Newtownards Road.
|
10.00pm |
A bonfire is lit facing the chapel, PSNI show a presence but take no
action.
Tuesday 27 August |
10.00am |
Three jeeps of PSNI in riot gear drive into Clandeboye Gardens and
arrest a resident from his home for riotous behaviour.
|
10.40am |
Fireworks thrown into Clandeboye Gardens from Langtry Court, residents
of Clandeboye phone PSNI but they don’t come out.
|
12.00pm |
While a protest is being held at Mountpottinger Barracks workmen
repairing houses in Clandeboye come under attack with a barrage of missiles
from Cluan Place.
|
01.00pm |
Unexploded firework with a gas canister attached is found in the back
garden of a house in Clandeboye Drive.
|
02.00pm. |
A man appears at a window of a house in Cluan Place and proceeds to
video residents of Clandeboye while making obscene gestures at the women he
was filming.
|
02.30pm |
Nuts, bolts, stones, bricks and bottles thrown from Cluan Place into
Clandeboye Drive and Clandeboye Gardens.
|
04.30pm |
Fireworks with large steel bolts attached and three paint bombs thrown
at house in Clandeboye Drive from Cluan Place.
|
05.30pm |
paint bombs, fireworks, nuts and bolts thrown from Cluan Place at the
back of homes in Clandeboye Drive breaking windows in some homes.
|
05.35pm |
Fireworks, bricks, nuts and bolts thrown sporadically into Clandeboye
Gardens and Clandeboye Drive until 8pm.
|
07.00pm |
Loyalists hose the roofs of the houses in Cluan Place with water.
|
08.30pm |
Houses in Clandeboye Gardens are attacked with bricks, bottles, golf
balls, nuts and bolts.
|
10.00pm |
Hundreds of missiles including nuts and bolts, bricks, bottles, ball
bearings, golf balls thrown into Clandeboye Drive and Clandeboye Gardens
from Cluan Place.
|
10.15pm |
Smoke is seen coming from the backs of houses in Clandeboye Drive.
When residents go to investigate they see it is coming from behind the wall
in Cluan Place and screams are heard coming from Cluan Place.
|
10.30pm |
Large fireworks thrown from Cluan Place into Clandeboye Drive and
Gardens. PSNI drive into Clandeboye and shine lights from the jeeps on to
the residents. PSNI are in riot gear and sit in Clandeboye while the attacks
with fireworks continue from Cluan Place.
|
10.50pm |
A large pipe bomb is thrown into Clandeboye Drive from Cluan Palce. It
explodes, sending large amounts of shrapnel flying all over Clandeboye
Drive, just missing residents and journalist who are standing there.
|
11.10pm |
PSNI and army seal off Clandeboye while a large crowd of loyalists
gather at the top of Mountpottinger Road. The PSNI refuse to let cars leave
or enter the Short Strand from the top of Mountpottinger Road. PSNI try to
arrest a resident who is filming the attacks all night but residents
intervene.
Wednesday 28 August |
12.40pm |
10 fireworks thrown from Cluan Place into Clandeboye Drive.
|
12.43pm |
PSNI come in and search entries and cut hose pipe.
|
12.45pm |
Young Catholic mother is stoned by loyalists as she leaves the
doctor’s surgery with her young child.
|
03.40pm |
Loyalists attack workmen fixing roofs of houses in Clandeboye Drive.
|
04.00pm |
Attacks on houses in Clandeboye intensify with large amounts of
bricks, bottles and fireworks thrown from Cluan Place in full view of PSNI.
|
04.10pm |
PSNI officer admits that nothing is thrown from Clandeboye into Cluan
Place.
|
06.15pm |
Loyalists attack houses with bricks on Mountpottinger Road from the
billboards at Castlereagh Street.
|
06.30pm |
Stones thrown from Cluan Place into Clandeboye Gardens. Paint bombs
thrown into Clandeboye Drive.
|
06.35pm |
Loyalists video people on Mountpottinger Road from billboards at
Castlereagh Street.
|
06.45pm |
Loyalists attack homes in Clandeboye Drive with bricks, bottles and
other missiles from Cluan Place.
|
06.50pm |
Loyalists attack houses in Clandeboye Gardens with bricks, bottles and
other missiles from Cluan Place.
|
06.56pm |
Loyalists attack Clandeboye Drive with fireworks, bricks, bottles and
stones from Cluan Place.
|
07.10pm |
Attack on Clandeboye intensifies with large amounts of missiles being
thrown from Cluan Place.
|
08.15pm |
Large crowd of loyalists try to enter Clandeboye arch, around 150 in
total.
|
08.20pm |
PSNI and army enter Mountpottinger Road and block off the road and
face nationalists.
|
08.25pm |
Masked loyalists gather at billboard at Mountpottinger Road in full
view of PSNI and army.
|
08.33pm |
Loyalists attack houses in Clandeboye Gardens in full view of PSNI.
|
08.35pm |
Attack in Clandeboye Gardens intensifies with bricks, bottles and
other missiles, all in full view of the PSNI, helicopter overhead the whole
time.
|
08.40pm |
Two acid-filled bottles thrown into Clandeboye Gardens from Cluan
Place.
|
08.42pm |
Bricks, bottles and other missiles thrown into Clandeboye Gardens from
Cluan Place. At the same time a sustained attack is launched from Cluan
Place into Clandeboye Drive.
|
08.49pm |
Large pipe bomb explodes on roof of house in Clandeboye Drive in full
view of PSNI and army who are sitting in two Land Rovers in Clandeboye Drive.
|
09.37pm |
Large amount of army gather on Mountpottinger Road.
|
09.40pm |
Five jeeps come into Clandeboye Drive and sit there.
|
10.18pm |
Pipe bomb explodes outside house in Clandeboye Drive, thrown from
Cluan Place.
|
10.19pm |
Two jeeps shine their headlights on house that pipe bomb exploded
outside.
|
10.29pm |
Another two jeeps arrive in Clandeboye Drive.
|
10.31pm |
Pipe bomb explodes in Clandeboye Drive while PSNI and army sit in Land
Rovers, device thrown from Cluan Place.
|
10.33pm |
Pipe bomb thrown from Cluan Place explodes in Clandeboye Drive,
bricks, bottles and around 30 fireworks are also thrown.
|
10.37pm |
Large fireworks explode at house in Clandeboye Drive thrown from Cluan
Place.
|
10.38pm |
Fireworks thrown from Claun Place into Clandeboye Drive.
|
10.40pm |
Loyalists douse roofs in Clandeboye Drive with water, while PSNI
approach but do nothing.
|
10.41pm |
Large explosive device goes off on roof of house in Clandeboye Drive
thrown from Cluan Place.
|
10.41pm |
Fireworks thrown from Cluan Place into Clandeboye Drive.
|
10.46pm |
Pipe bomb explodes outside house in Clandeboye Drive.
|
10.48pm |
Petrol bombs explode on roof of house in Clandeboye Drive and set roof
on fire. At the same time a large firework explodes at front of same house.
|
10.49pm |
Petrol bombs thrown at bungalow in Clandeboye Drive from Cluan Place.
|
10.50pm |
Petrol bombs thrown at house in Clandeboye Drive setting the roof on
fire.
|
10.51pm |
More petrol bombs thrown from Cluan Place and land on the same roof as
a minute before.
|
10.57pm |
Fire crew arrive to douse roofs down in Clandeboye Drive.
|
11.09pm |
Explosive device with petrol attached explodes in Clandeboye Gardens.
|
11.30pm |
PSNI and army riot squads enter Clandeboye in large numbers and go
berserk, beating people and shooting plastic bullets. At least 15 people
shot with plastic bullets, 10 receive hospital treatment; all the while
loyalists continue their attack on Clandeboye from Cluan Place until 1am.
Thursday 29 August |
06.30am |
bricks and bottles thrown from Newtownards Road into bungalows at
Strand Walk.
|
|
Workmen fixing roofs of houses in Clandeboye are forced to leave due
to being attacked by missiles from Cluan Place.
|
05.00pm |
ACC Alan McQuillan drives through Clandeboye in bullet-proof car.
|
06.00pm |
Statement from Alan McQuillan put out saying IRA and UVF are fighting
war by street conflict. New tactics to be deployed.
|
06.15pm |
Upwards of 100 RIR and British Army enter and seal off Clandeboye
Drive and Clandeboye Gardens. Reports that the same is happening in Cluan
Place and Paulette Avenue. Large crowd of loyalists gather at Castlereagh
Street. RIR soldiers exchange sectarian taunts and gloat about attacks on
Short Strand. Presence remains throughout the night.
|
08.00pm |
Several fireworks fired into Clandeboye Gardens from Paulette Avenue.
|
08.00pm |
Strand Walk attacked with bricks and bottles from Newtownards Road for
10 minutes.
|
09.00pm |
Steel missiles thrown from Thistle Court into Bryson Street and Madrid
Street, lasting half an hour.
Friday 30 August |
|
Sporadic stone throwing from Thistle Court into Madrid Street.
|
06.15pm |
Upwards of 100 RIR and British Army enter and seal off Clandeboye
Drive and Clandeboye Gardens. Large crowd of loyalists gather at Castlereagh
Street. RIR soldiers exchange sectarian taunts. Presence remains throughout
the night.
Saturday 31 August |
|
Clandeboye relatively quiet. Sporadic stone throwing from Thistle
Court into Madrid Street.
|
06.15pm |
Upward of 100 RIR and British Army enter Clandeboye and take up
position at Mountpottinger Road. RIR use sniffer dogs to search hallway in
Clandeboye, they remain there until 1am.
Sunday 1 September |
02.30pm |
Petrol bombs from Cluan Place into Clandeboye Drive. Ballbearing
thrown from Albertbridge Road.
|
06.15pm |
Upwards of 100 RIR and British Army enter Clandeboye and take up
position at Mountpottinger Road.
Monday 2 September |
03.00pm |
Workmen attacked at Clandeboye Drive with bricks and bottles.
|
03.30pm |
Device thrown over wall from Cluan Place into Clandeboye. Takes PSNI
40 minutes to respond. Device later declared a hoax by ATO.
|
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Sporadic stone throwing continues from Cluan Place into Clandeboye.
|
11.00pm |
Fireworks thrown into Clandeboye from Cluan Place.
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