A demonstration by Republican sympathizers has ended with riots in the Northern Irish town of Derry -also known as Londonderry-, where a group of people has thrown Molotov cocktails at a police van coinciding with the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Good Friday Agreements.

People dressed in paramilitary uniforms have led concentration, which was not authorized and has concluded in the local cemetery. They commemorated the 1916 Easter Rising, when republican factions in Ireland revolted against British control. The Police, who have deployed a helicopter to monitor the concentration, have called for calm and have clarified that no agent has been injured, according to the BBC.

It has also warned that as it is a demonstration that has not been notified to the Parade Commission, criminal offenses are being committed when it takes place. Northern Irish media have targeted the Saoradh party – the political arm of the New IRA – as the convener of the demonstration, in which dozens of young people carrying iron bars and stones have marched.

The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has condemned this “clearly coordinated attack” against the Northern Irish Police. “The demonstration was illegal from the beginning. This reckless behavior seeks to harm not only police officers, but also our communities. There must be a rapid response so that those responsible are brought to justice,” said DUP MP Gary Middleton.

Also the leader of the liberal Alliance Party, Naomi Long, He has lamented the “scenes of people born after the Good Friday Agreements attacking the Police”. “It’s completely tragic,” she said. “They are fed by adults who can only offer misery and destruction. The people of Creggan deserve better. Our solidarity with the Police,” she pointed out, according to the newspaper ‘Derry Now’. Already last week, the authorities had warned of possible incidents this Monday and, in particular, in Derry.