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15/07/2019
Belfast Orange Hall Attacked With Paint
An Orange Hall in north Belfast has been targeted in a paint attack over the weekend.
White paint was thrown over a fence and wall at the Clifton Street building at around 1.30pm on Sunday 14 July. Police are treating the incident as a sectarian hate crime.
DUP Councillor Brian Kingston expressed disgust at the attack which saw two bottles of paint smashed against the front railing and wall.
He branded the act "an appalling act of intolerance and bigotry by pathetic cowardly thugs".
Anyone with information is urged to contact police on non-emergency line 101 quoting reference 1665 of 14/07/19.
(JG/CM)
White paint was thrown over a fence and wall at the Clifton Street building at around 1.30pm on Sunday 14 July. Police are treating the incident as a sectarian hate crime.
DUP Councillor Brian Kingston expressed disgust at the attack which saw two bottles of paint smashed against the front railing and wall.
He branded the act "an appalling act of intolerance and bigotry by pathetic cowardly thugs".
Anyone with information is urged to contact police on non-emergency line 101 quoting reference 1665 of 14/07/19.
(JG/CM)
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