The 2018 Derry riots were riots and civil disturbances taking place in

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from 8 July 2018, before the Protestant

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parade. It was the first 12 July parade to take place in Derry for five years. Violence broke out in the republican

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area in what has been called the worst in the city in "decades". The

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(PSNI) has blamed the

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group for trying to kill police officers. Riot police fired plastic baton rounds, whilst at least 70 petrol bombs have been thrown at them. The riots have been condemned by senior leaders, including

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leader

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who attended a "not in my name" rally. An

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MLA has claimed that the republican rioters are "using children" to blame the PSNI for the violence. Violence linked to the riots overspilled in other parts of Northern Ireland. On 13 July, the house of

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in west

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was attacked with a home-made bomb. Adams survived injury and claimed that his two grandchildren were standing at the doorway only ten minutes before the blast at 10:50 pm. The house of another republican in Belfast,

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, was also attacked the same day. However, no casualties were reported in either of the attacks. On 20 July, the New IRA claimed responsibility for gun and bomb attacks at police during the disturbances in Derry.

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