PSNI treating attack on house in Broughshane Co Antrim as racially motivated hate crime

Police are treating an attack on a house in Broughshane as a racially motivated hate crime.

Police said they are investigating a report of criminal damage in the Main Street area of the Co Antrim village on Wednesday, January 28.

Police are treating an attack on a house in the Co Antrim village of Broughshane as a racially motivated hate crime.placeholder image
Police are treating an attack on a house in the Co Antrim village of Broughshane as a racially motivated hate crime.

It was reported that that a number of windows were smashed at a house in the Main Street area around 11.45pm.

"Three men, who were in the property at the time, were thankfully, physically uninjured, but left shaken,” police said.

"Enquiries are ongoing and the matter is being treated as a racially-motivated hate crime. Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 101, quoting reference number 31 of 29/01/26.”

Alternatively, anyone with information can submit a report online using the non-emergency reporting form via http://www.psni.police.uk/makeareport/ or contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or online at http://crimestoppers-uk.org/.

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