Chief Superintendent George Clarke responds to criticism of the police response to the attack on Suffolk residents

Residents of a protestant estate in west Belfast have slammed police over their response on Friday night when a mob armed with bricks and hurley bats went on the rampage. A crowd of up to 100 nationalist youths, who were at a house party in the nearby Brooke Drive area, attacked cars and house's in the Ringford Park area. Police are treating it as a hate crime. Talks are due to take place between Politicians, community leaders, residents and the PSNI.