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23/11/2015
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Police Investigate Arson Attacks In Ballymena
Police are investigating after two vehicles were targeted in overnight arson attacks in Ballymena.
One car was set alight in Dunclug Gardens at around 3.30am. The other in Dunclug Park shortly before 5am.
The vehicles are believed to belong to two Eastern European males living locally.
Police are treating these incidents as hate crimes and officers would like to speak to witnesses or anyone with information. The number to call is 101.
Woman Arrested Following West Belfast Security Alert
A woman has been arrested following a security alert in west Belfast on Sunday.
The alert began following the discovery of a number of suspicious items at a house in Broom Close.
The 57-year-old woman was arrested as part of an investigation into dissident terrorism.
Pupils Sent Home After Burglary Discovered
Pupils at Drumragh Integrated College were sent home on Monday morning after it was discovered there had been a break in on Sunday night.
It is understood that burglars used sledgehammers to smash their way into the school.
The school's principle, Nigel Frith, said that the burglars took "surprisingly little", but a number of telephone wires had been cut and alarms broken.
(MH)
Police are investigating after two vehicles were targeted in overnight arson attacks in Ballymena.
One car was set alight in Dunclug Gardens at around 3.30am. The other in Dunclug Park shortly before 5am.
The vehicles are believed to belong to two Eastern European males living locally.
Police are treating these incidents as hate crimes and officers would like to speak to witnesses or anyone with information. The number to call is 101.
Woman Arrested Following West Belfast Security Alert
A woman has been arrested following a security alert in west Belfast on Sunday.
The alert began following the discovery of a number of suspicious items at a house in Broom Close.
The 57-year-old woman was arrested as part of an investigation into dissident terrorism.
Pupils Sent Home After Burglary Discovered
Pupils at Drumragh Integrated College were sent home on Monday morning after it was discovered there had been a break in on Sunday night.
It is understood that burglars used sledgehammers to smash their way into the school.
The school's principle, Nigel Frith, said that the burglars took "surprisingly little", but a number of telephone wires had been cut and alarms broken.
(MH)
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