25/09/2017

Pig's Head Left Outside Community Centre In East Belfast

A pig's head has been left outside a community centre in east Belfast.

Inverary Community Centre on Inverary Avenue was targeted between Friday night and the early hours of Saturday morning, 23 September.

Police are treating the incident as a hate crime.

Graffiti was also daubed on the walls of the building.

A PSNI spokesperson said: "Police are treating this incident as a hate crime and are appealing to anyone who was in the Inverary Avenue area in the early hours of this morning and noticed any suspicious activity to contact police in Strandtown on the non-emergency number 101, quoting reference 290 of 23/09/17, or call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111."

(CD/MH)

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