Police were reportedly stationed on all sides of Belfast City Hall when the flag was lifted shortly after midnight, as a vote was passed by councillors on the "deeply divisive" issue

Armed police are reportedly stationed outside Belfast City Hall as the Palestinian flag has been raised after a vote was passed by councillors on the "deeply divisive" issue.

According to reports, police were stationed on all sides of the building when the flag was lifted shortly after 12am on Tuesday, December 2 - with eyewitnesses describing the scene as 'chaos'.

The hoisting of the flag comes after a Sinn Fein motion to raise the flag on the next available day was passed by 32 votes to 28 at a council meeting on Monday evening. An Alliance Party amendment that proposed illuminating the City Hall in

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