Drone video showed a crowd of people and several fires burning at an intersection in the Northern Irish town of Ballymena on Tuesday (June 10), after a night of disorder that followed a protest over an alleged sexual assault.

Reuters was able to confirm the location of the video as Ballymena from the road layout, the buildings and the trees, which matched street view imagery of the area. The date when the video was recorded was verified from the metadata on the original video and image files.

Seventeen officers were injured during the unrest, bringing to 32 the number hurt since the violence began on Monday (June 9).

Two 14-year-old boys appeared in court that day, accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl. The charges were read to the teenagers via a Romanian interpreter, the BBC reported. A lawyer told the court that the two teenagers denied the charge. They were remanded in custody until July 2.

Police are investigating attacks on properties on Monday that saw four houses damaged by fire as racially-motivated "hate crimes".

Five people were arrested on suspicion of riotous behaviour in Ballymena, located 45 kilometres (28 miles) from the capital Belfast, following one arrest there on Monday, police said on Wednesday.

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