Police are investigating racist and sectarian graffiti that has been pictured on the walls of a construction site in Rathcoole.
Police are investigating racist and sectarian graffiti that has been pictured on the walls of a construction site in Rathcoole.
The spray painted vandalism was spotted at the new social housing development in the Rathcoole Drive area, yesterday afternoon.
The words read ‘No Taigs’ and ‘No refugees’.
They have been written on the walls of an Apex Housing development, which will see the creation of 111 new homes and is being built on the location of the former Newtownabbey Community High School.
PSNI have confirmed that the incident in Co Antrim is being treated as criminal damage.
Sergeant Young said: “We are treating these reports as hate crimes. There is no place in our society for this type of behaviour and I would ask anyone with any information to contact police on 101, quoting reference number 1504 of 08/03/24. Alternatively, you can report online at https://www.psni.police.uk/report or in confidence through Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.”
Police are investigating racist and sectarian graffiti that has been pictured on the walls of a construction site in Rathcoole.