'The Derry 1916 Commemoration Committee call on the people of Derry to join us in Creggan, 2 p.m. on Monday and honour our patriot dead and defy those who refuse to let us do so in peace. Crowds of young men hammered vehicles with missiles, causing them to be engulfed in flames, but there are not thought to have been any injuries. There was a heavy security presence inside and outside Lisburn Magistrates' Court as the six appeared in the dock in handcuffs and surrounded by Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) officers today. They are brainwashing these youths into believing that violence is the only way forward and, of course, it isn’t.”

Yesterday’s parade was led by masked men in paramiltary-style uniforms. Stones and various other missiles were also directed at police as around 200 people attended the 1916 Easter Rising commemoration in the Creggan estate yesterday afternoon. “Police will review all video footage collected today and will robustly pursue all possible enquiries to identify those involved and bring them before the courts.”

Ulster Unionist MLA Doug Beattie said: “While calling for the PSNI to take robust retrospective action against the organisers of this illegal parade and those in paramilitary uniforms, I also call on the judiciary to set a penalty that fits the crime. "The organisers also stated in the run-up to today’s event they were informed by police the parade would be stopped and would not be allowed to go ahead. “Having witnessed what happened in Lurgan, where the Republican Sinn Féin commemoration was attacked and those taking part arrested, it is now our belief that the same methods will be used on Monday.”
The Police Service of Northern Ireland says it was firebombed at a march in Londonderry to commemorate a Troubles attack, calling the assaults an "attempt to kill or maim" officers.