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TWO PEOPLE were arrested and a police officer was injured after far-right protesters targeted a Bloody Sunday memorial march in Glasgow.
A group made up of loyalists and National Defence League (NDL) supporters gathered in the city centre to disrupt the remembrance parade on Saturday.
Concern had been raised ahead of the march about the potential for violent incidents after the Morning Star revealed plans for protests against the event organised by the West of Scotland Band Alliance.
Around 50 protesters met the parade in the city’s Cambridge Street, before continuing with the march through the centre and into the East End.
A number of scuffles broke out along the route and some roads were closed off while the NDL-led group were cleared from the road.
Missiles thrown by the far-right protesters landed among the marchers and one police officer was left with minor injuries.
Those challenging the parade also wore T-shirt bearing the slogan “Bloody Sunday, no surrender” in reference to the 1972 massacre in Derry’s Bogside district, in British soldiers shot 28 unarmed civilians, killing 14 of them.
Two protesters were arrested for minor disorder offences.
