Assault on two tourists treated as race hate crime https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7097ge0zd9o

An assault on two tourists in Belfast city centre is being treated as a racially-motivated hate crime.

Police said the two men were walking in the Royal Avenue area of the city at about 23:00 GMT on Tuesday when they were set upon and "punched and kicked repeatedly".

A 34-year-old man, a 28-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman were arrested on suspicion of attempted grievous bodily harm, while a 38-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

Four people remain in police custody on Wednesday morning following the reportedly unprovoked assault.

Belfast Area Commander, Ch Supt Jeremy Lindsay, said: "Thankfully, at this stage we don't believe that the men sustained serious injury.

"We're grateful that our CCTV operators saw this assault in progress and we were able to get officers to the scene very quickly.
"It's shameful that visitors to Belfast should be subject to such an attack."

by lacklustrellama

10 comments

  1. Fucking filthy, repulsive, scumbags. An absolute disgrace. It’s just one thing after another. At what stage will we ever actually push back against the wind up merchants and Facebook morons who have created an environment where racially motivated things like this are fast becoming the norm.

  2. Hopefully the judge makes an example of these bastards and gives them the harshest punishment he/she possibly can. I’ve had a fucking gutful of these types. I think we all have

  3. Don’t get me wrong, there has always been a certain level of racism in Belfast. But it never used to be anywhere near as bad as it is now. Just yesterday too there was a story of an elderly Pakistani man getting attacked at the City Hospital train station too. Too many fucking scrotes and scumbags getting fed nonsense paranoid social media scare stories. Really hope the judge makes an example of these wankers.

  4. If you were to set up an anti anti vigilante group and prowl the street to protect people from these scumbags, how fast do you think the P**I would shut it down?

  5. Why does this sub keep posting these news stories that make Northern Ireland look like a bigoted vicious thug-infested shithole?

  6. Fuck all will happen to them and they’ll not hesitate to do it again to some poor person. I was attacked in town about four years ago and I’m still having issues with my health. They never caught them because the officer dealing with the case did nothing to follow it so I’m rarely in town nowadays

  9. The mix of ages immediately makes me think these are homeless people.

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