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At least four blast bombs and several petrol bombs have been thrown at police during rioting in east Belfast.
A plastic baton round has been fired by police during the trouble on the Newtownards Road. Water cannon has also been deployed.
Elsewhere, the Crumlin Road in north Belfast is closed after a pipe bomb was thrown at police.
Police said the device was thrown at officers from Brompton Park in the Ardoyne area at about 17:00 BST.
The road is closed between Tennent Street and Twaddell Avenue.
The device exploded close to police but there were no reported injuries. Motorists have been advised to avoid the area.
Police Service of Northern Ireland Superintendent Emma Bond said: "We consider ourselves extremely fortunate that we are not dealing with a much more serious incident and that all of the officers were able to walk away from that situation unharmed.
"We have appealed for calm in the area and I continue to do so.
"I would appeal to anyone with influence in the community to exert it to ensure that the next few days pass off without incident."
Northern Ireland Secretary of State, Theresa Villiers, condemned the attack in north Belfast, which she said was "deplorable".
DUP assembly member William Humphrey said loyalist protesters were demonstrating peacefully in the Twaddell Avenue area when the incident happened.
He described the attack as an "attempt to injure and kill".
Sinn Fein assembly member Gerry Kelly said the attack was "completely unacceptable" and "not supported by the vast majority of the community in Ardoyne".
Forty-four police officers have been injured over three nights of rioting in Belfast.
Officers were attacked in the Woodvale area of north Belfast on Sunday night.
It followed more serious rioting on Friday and Saturday nights after a Parades Commission determination that a parade by three Orange Order lodges would not be allowed to march along a stretch of the Crumlin Road that separates loyalist and nationalist communities on its return journey from the main Belfast 12 July demonstration.
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