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As NPR's Philip Reeves reports, the last two nights have brought the worst street clashes the city has seen in a decade.
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PHILIP REEVES: Masked youths throw fireworks, bricks and gasoline bombs.
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REEVES: But after the peace agreement of 1998, violence like this became a rarity.
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REEVES: Photographer Peter Muhley was there.
PETER MUHLEY: And I looked back and there was somebody peering over the wall and he shot about, I would say, five or six rounds. And we all were - we were all just running. Next thing I know, a colleague of mine, he yells: I've been shot, I've been shot.
REEVES: Michael Doherty is director of Northern Ireland's Peace and Reconciliation Group.
MICHAEL DOHERTY: I think they're a group of Ulster Volunteer Force members who are saying that the dividend, that the peace dividend hasn't come their way.
REEVES: But they are still causing considerable concern, says Assistant Chief Constable of Northern Ireland Police, Alistair Finlay.
ALISTAIR FINLAY: This is a bad thing for the community. It's a bad thing for Northern Ireland. We need to listen and hear what the issues are and bring an end to this needless violence - this violence which has put lives at risk.
REEVES: Philip Reeves, NPR News, London. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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