Petrol bombs thrown at Northern Irish police on eve of Biden visit

Members of nationalist group 'Dissident Republicans' throw petrol bombs at a police car as nationalists hold an anti-agreement rally on the 25th anniversary of the peace deal, in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, April 10, 2023. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

LONDONDERRY, Northern Ireland (Reuters) - A number of masked people attacked police with petrol bombs and other objects at a parade opposing the Good Friday peace accord in Londonderry, police said on Monday, a day before U.S. President Joe Biden visits Belfast.

A Reuters photograph showed four young people in the mainly Irish nationalist area of Creggan throwing petrol bombs at an armoured police vehicles, which was covered in flames on one side. Police said nobody was injured and appealed for calm.