Four men grabbed and set one on fire bus in a pro-British community of “unionists” in North Ireland on Sunday afternoon, authorities announced.
Police said they received a report of a piracy incident in the Church Road area of Belfast’s Newtown suburb at around 7.45pm. There are no reports of injuries.
“It was reported thatThe four men boarded the bus and ordered the passengers to get off before the bus caught fire.. The Church Road area is currently closed and there are traffic diversions. “The police will ask the public to avoid the area,” the Northern Ireland Police Department said in a statement.
What’s left of a bus at the entrance to Rathcoole estate in Newtownabbey.
A fire has completely gutted the vehicle with a police cordon in place. pic.twitter.com/wuJGuScWCD
— Stewart Robson (@stewrob_UTV) November 7, 2021
Last week, two armed masked men hijacked and set fire to another bus in an attack that local media say is linked to tensions over post-Brexit trade barriers.

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