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After the RUC prevented an Orangeman march returning from Drumcree Church, leading to a four-day stand-off. Protests and roadblocks by loyalists spread across Northern Ireland. On the 10th of July 1996, the RUC stated that 156 arrests, over 100 incidents of intimidation, 90 civilian and 50 RUC injuries, 758 attacks on police and the firing of 662 plastic baton rounds had been reported since Sunday the 7th of July.

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https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/events/peace/pp9398.htm

Elliott, S., and W.D. Flackes, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory, 1968-1999 (Belfast, Blackstaff 1999)