Ulster youths clash with police, troops

By Compiled From Wire Service Dispatches With Analysis From Monitor Correspondents Around The World; Edited By Laurent Belsie

May 23, 1983

Londonderry, Northern Ireland

Londonderry suffered Northern Ireland's worst riots in two years. Catholic youths tossed gasoline bombs and snipers fired at British troops and police. Police said about 500 gasoline bombs were thrown at police and vehicles in the city's Catholic district of Bogside.