Nineteen now arrested over disorder with house targeted in arson

Nineteen now arrested over disorder with house targeted in arson24 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleClaire QuinnBBC News NIBBCIncidents included an arson attack on a house in the Shore Road area of north Belfast on Thursday nightNineteen people - including a 16-year-old-boy - have now been arrested following the violence in parts of Northern Ireland this week.Last night was relatively quiet although police say an arson attack in north Belfast is linked to the disorder.The fire service was called to the Shore Road last night where a blaze had been set at the rear of a house - there are no reports of injuries.A leading member of the Indian community in Londonderry has said some health care professionals from overseas have told him they are now questioning whether they should have come to Northern Ireland at all.In an update on the disorder, police also said they were alerted to race-hate graffiti in the Dee Street and Newtownards Road area of east Belfast.The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) say its policing operation will remain over the weekend to ensure public order is maintained.'Their houses are gone, their cars are gone'Dr Mukesh Chugh has lived and worked as a doctor in Derry for more than 20 years."We hear especially from people who come from different nations and people of different colour - their houses are gone, their cars are gone, their windows are smashed," he told BBC Radio Foyle's North West Today programme.Dr Mukesh Chugh said some health care professionals from overseas have told him they are now questioning whether they should have come to Northern Ireland"We're in a WhatsApp group and there are messages floating that a certain family has been made homeless overnight and they were a family with small kids."I believe that people are anxious, people are in fear and they need reassurance at this point."The disorder was sparked after footage of a knife attack in north Belfast on Monday n...