Several officers have been injured in east Belfast after a crowd of up to 300 people hurled fireworks, bricks and petrol bombs during "a sustained attack", the Police Service of Northern Ireland has said.
A PSNI spokesman said several arrests were made after the public disorder in the Castlereagh Street and Templemore Avenue areas overnight.
It comes after 10 police officers were injured on Thursday during a demonstration against the decision to reduce the number of days the Union flag is flown from City Hall.
Sky's Ireland Correspondent Vicki Hawthorne said: "The latest disorder has been relatively minor compared to other nights.
"There had been an earlier peaceful flag protest which initially dispersed without incident.
"People in the area have said the police have been too heavy handed in how they have dealt with protesters, and that, they say, has sparked trouble."
Stormont First Minister Peter Robinson described the violence against the police as "a disgrace".
He said: "Those responsible are doing a grave disservice to the cause they claim to espouse and are playing into the hands of those dissident groups who would seek to exploit every opportunity to further their terror aims."
He added: "All right-thinking unionists will want to channel their energies into political activity and to support the cause of finding political solutions to the problems that we face.
"In Northern Ireland the ballot box has primacy and is the only vehicle for choosing the people's representatives."
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