Police officers have issued an appeal for information after an ‘anti-Sinn Fein’ slogan was painted in the Ballyclare Road area of Glengormley.
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It is understood the derogatory phrase was daubed on a wall at the entrance to Carwood Avenue sometime between Monday evening and Tuesday morning of this week.
In a statement issued to the Newtownabbey Times today (Wednesday), a PSNI spokesperson said: “Police received a report of graffiti on a wall at Carwood Avenue in Glengormley on December 6.
“Anyone with any information is asked to call police in Newtownabbey on 101, quoting 914 06/12/23 or submit a report online using our non-emergency reporting form via http://www.psni.police.uk/makeareport/
“The matter is being treated as a hate crime.”
Responding to this newspaper, a spokesperson for Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council said: “The council is aware of the graffiti and a contractor was on site today to clean this up.”