Suspected racist attack at Co Armagh house being investigated

Window broken after group gathers at Lurgan property on Saturday night

The PSNI is treating a Lurgan, Co Armagh, incident as ‘racially motivated’
The PSNI is treating a Lurgan, Co Armagh, incident as ‘racially motivated’

Police are investigating a suspected racist attack at a house in the North.

A group of youths were outside a house at Spelga Park, Lurgan, Co Armagh, when a stone was thrown at a front window shortly before 8pm on Saturday.

The window was smashed, according to a Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) spokeswoman.

The resident of the house, a foreign national, was standing outside the house at the time. No one was injured in the attack.

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The PSNI said it is treating the incident as “racially motivated”.

The youths, who were involved in “antisocial behaviour”, had scattered by the time the police arrived. House-to-house inquiries were carried out, and an appeal has been issued for witnesses.