Anti-immigrant protesters burned a police vehicle and attacked officers near a building housing asylum seekers in Dublin on Tuesday, the justice minister said, a day after a man was arrested for an attack on a young girl nearby.

Dublin, Ireland, protests turned violent Tuesday and a police car was set ablaze after a migrant allegedly sexually assaulted a girl in state child care.

GARDAI have been targeted with fireworks and a cop van was set ablaze as a protest following the alleged sexual assault of a young girl in Dublin turned ugly. More than 500 protesters gathered

Two members of the Irish police force were hospitalised with injuries during the third night of demonstrations and second night of disorder in eastern Ireland, following clashes with protesters