By Kerry Mcdermott PUBLISHED: 10:37 EST, 10 August 2013 | UPDATED: 11:27 EST, 10 August 2013 Chaotic violence that erupted during loyalist riots in Belfast left 56 police officers injured and parts of the city centre wrecked. Protestors who ran amok through the streets and attacked police with missiles including scaffolding poles and paving stones ripped up from a main shopping area are guilty of 'mindless anarchy', Northern Ireland's Chief Constable said. The region's top officer Matt Baggott said the militant protestors had scarred Belfast's reputation. Scroll down for video Clash: In total 56 police officers were injured when violence erupted in Belfast as protestors attempted to block the route of the Anti-Internment League parade
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Protestors pelted police with scaffolding poles and stones in Royal Avenue
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More than 1,000 loyalist demonstrators descended on republican rally
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Northern Ireland's Chief Constable has condemned the violence
'Mindless anarchy': Violence erupted in the @placeholder area as more than a thousand loyalist demonstrators gathered to protest at a republican rally in Belfast