Signs erected outside a Co Armagh school
Police are treating racist signs placed outside a Co Armagh school as a hate crime.
The two signs were erected outside outside Dickson Primary School in Lurgan’s Mourneview estate on Monday evening.
They had been tied to the school railings in the Pollock Drive area of the town.
It comes after a suspicious approach at a play park beside the school was reported to the PSNI on Thursday.
A number of properties were attacked that night, which the PSNI are also treating as hate crimes, while the window of a police vehicle was smashed during the disturbances.
A PSNI spokesperson said they received a report around 4.40pm on Thursday of the suspicious approach at the play park.
Officers attended and arrested a man in the Ben Crom area on suspicion of assault.
During the arrest, a small crowd of people had gathered outside the house.
A police vehicle was attacked by the crowd, with its window smashed by stones.
Police said they assisted the remaining occupants in leaving the property, which was then attacked and had its windows smashed.
A short time later the PSNI received reports that crowds of people had smashed the windows of three separate properties in the area.
Superintendent Brendan Green, the PSNI’s Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon District Commander, said the occupants of these properties targeted were not connected to any of the previous incidents.
Commenting on the signs outside the primary school, Superintendent Green said: “The signs have since been removed by our officers, and we are treating this report as a potential racially-motivated public order offence. Our enquiries are ongoing today.
“As our investigation progresses we will continue to engage with local community representatives and partner agencies.
“We would reiterate our appeal that anyone with information about the signs is asked to contact police on 101 quoting reference number 1672 06/01/25.”
Dickson Primary School declined to comment on the signs.
Jessica Rice. Today at 11:14
by Diomas
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Might be the first time every word has been spelled correctly
This is a local home for local people, there’s nothing for you here!
> local homes for local people
Edward! Edward!
Imagine spelling the name of your own estate incorrectly in a protest banner, and then hastily spray painting over the I with a V
>Crowds of people had smashed the windows of three separate properties in the area.
The kids must have been terrified.
Fuck these shitheads out of the country, the ones who vandalise properties and scare families. Immigrants who are just trying to quietly live their lives are better for the country that bigoted bullies.
Local homes for local people isn’t racist in the slightest, what a strange article
The people that think it’s ok for children to see shit like this on their way to school are far more of a danger to kids than any immigrant population.
Islam is a religion, not a race.
Another country soon to be enriched by the religion of peace. London is so beautiful
No idea where that village is , but they ain’t wrong!
Why are people against local homes for local people ? Have you seen the state of Ilford , Luton etc yea worked well there aye
For anyone saying they don’t see anything racist about the signs, the one on the left has an Odin’s Cross symbol on it which is directly associated with neo-Nazis. So even if you don’t have a problem with targeting refugee kids, which I accept you probably don’t, let’s not pretend the people putting these signs up are just your ordinary concerned citizens.
UVF murals 50 metres from the school gates and Loyalists have been linked to over 90% of race hate crime in NI. Jesus I wonder who could possibly be behind this?
Once they get the ethnics out Sammy, then it’ll be jobs for all the boys again and we’ll make NI work the way it did in the mythical times.
I wonder if there is a connection between poor education and racism.
Is this Royston Vassey?
With a local shop for local people?
I imagine most if not all the kids who attend are local… I’m sure they meant to say “white” or something.
Despicable cunts the lot of them (the sign writers)
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