Published Date:
22 November 2008
A MEMORIAL - dedicated to two Protestants murdered by the IRA - has been vandalised in an overnight attack in east Belfast, police have confirmed.
The memorial on the lower Newtownards Road was daubed with paint and sectarian graffiti.
The monument, near the nationalist Short Strand, is in tribute to James McCurrie and Robert Neill who were shot by terrorists in 1970.
A police spokeswoman confirmed police officers chased youths involved in the incident and retrieved a number of items.
Police have called for calm and appealed for people in the interface area of the Short Strand and lower Newtownards Road areas to help catch those behind such attacks.
Acting Inspector Robert Ellison said: "The vast majority of people do not want this type of activity in their community, it is only a small minority who are intent on causing trouble."
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Last Updated:
22 November 2008 4:43 PM
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Source:
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Location:
Belfast
