A second consecutive night of violence in the town of Ballymena, 45 kilometers north of Belfast (Northern Ireland), has seen what police have described as "racist riots." These riots have partially spread, though not as seriously, to some areas in the north of the provincial capital and the towns of Newtownabbey and Cartown. Protesters threw Molotov cocktails, bricks, and rockets at police, who responded with rubber bullets, water cannons, and riot dogs. While eleven police officers were injured on Monday night, this time there were seventeen.