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Horrifying footage shows a protester accidentally setting himself ablaze during Wednesday night's unrest in Portadown. The masked man's jacket caught fire as he tried to throw a petrol bomb, then he ran desperately patting his back. This incident happened amid wider disorder across Northern Ireland, following a knife attack on Monday evening.
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