47 officers hurt during Belfast riot over parade [1]

A loyalist holds the Union Jack flag in North Belfast, Northern Ireland, Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012. A number of police were injured during a night of clashes. (Peter Morrison/AP)

BELFAST, Northern Ireland — Northern Ireland police say 47 officers have been injured during overnight clashes with Protestant extremists angry over a Belfast parade by Irish republicans from the Catholic side of the community.

Sunday night’s violence came as Irish republicans paraded near British Protestant districts of north Belfast. Such demonstrations, usually by the Protestant side, trigger riots every summer in Northern Ireland.