https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqjll5780q8o

A young boy has been left with minor facial injuries after an attack in west Belfast which police are treating as a hate crime.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said the assault happened on the Falls Road on Tuesday evening.

It took place at a Middle Eastern supermarket at about 18:10 BST after a large group of young people started throwing eggs.

The Sinn Féin MP for the area, Paul Maskey, told BBC News NI it was "an unwarranted and disgraceful attack".

It is understood the boy suffered a cut to his lip during the incident.

Mr Maskey said some of the young people involved are "very, very young indeed" and called for parents to check on their children.

"The community came out to stand shoulder-to-shoulder" with the shop owner after the attack, Mr Maskey added.

"When there's an attack on the community, it's important to come out and residents came out to show their support," he said.

SDLP Councillor Paul Doherty said there was an "incredible show of community solidarity" after the attack, while People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll said the attack was "awful".

It comes after a number of businesses in other parts of the city were targeted during violent protests.

Disorder broke out after an anti-immigration protest at Belfast City Hall on Saturday.

by heresmewhaa

8 comments

  1. Fucking hell. More attacks from right wing fascist idiots.

    And to those trolls on this sub who have been trying to paint these racist attacks as “only coming from loyalists”, shame on you. Yous are just as bad and as thick as the racists themselves!

  3. Doesn’t matter which community these rioters are from, they are all cunts. Both communities clearly have their own group of halfwit morons and should be equally condemned.

  4. Violence from all sides is wrong , left / right or Center , two-tier policing is WRONG on all levels

  5. Dragged up twats. So many parents just leave all parenting to be done at school, then in the holidays wonder why their children are feral. Or don’t bother wondering at all.

  7. I’m confused reading this. Was the boy who got the bust lip one of the wee shits pelting the eggs?

  8. More or less this, check if your kids were involved. Ring Paul to arrange a drop of point for wee Sammy or Tommy to have a word with. Instead a van load of so called hardmen turns up with bats ready to attack defenceless kids!

    [End the Harm](https://youtu.be/t4zYNadYGFk?si=rmPQV1qjcl5nqSeO)

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