Memorial to murdered soldiers vandalised again

A memorial for 18 soldiers murdered in Northern Ireland has been desecrated again.
By The Newsroom
Published 4th Oct 2018, 10:57 BST
Updated 5th Oct 2018, 17:09 BST
Undated handout photo issued by Memorial to the Narrow Water Massacre of the memorial for 18 soldiers murdered Narrow Water, near Warrenpoint in Co Dow in 1979 which has been vandalised overnight.Undated handout photo issued by Memorial to the Narrow Water Massacre of the memorial for 18 soldiers murdered Narrow Water, near Warrenpoint in Co Dow in 1979 which has been vandalised overnight.
Undated handout photo issued by Memorial to the Narrow Water Massacre of the memorial for 18 soldiers murdered Narrow Water, near Warrenpoint in Co Dow in 1979 which has been vandalised overnight.

Poppy wreaths, crosses and flowers were vandalised overnight at Narrow Water, near Warrenpoint in Co Down.

The memorial marks the site where a British Army convoy was ambushed by two roadside IRA bombs in August 1979.

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Poppies, snapped wooden crosses and flowers lay strewn on the pavement in front of the memorial on Thursday morning.

Undated handout photo issued by Memorial to the Narrow Water Massacre of the memorial for 18 soldiers murdered Narrow Water, near Warrenpoint in Co Dow in 1979 which has been vandalised overnight.Undated handout photo issued by Memorial to the Narrow Water Massacre of the memorial for 18 soldiers murdered Narrow Water, near Warrenpoint in Co Dow in 1979 which has been vandalised overnight.
Undated handout photo issued by Memorial to the Narrow Water Massacre of the memorial for 18 soldiers murdered Narrow Water, near Warrenpoint in Co Dow in 1979 which has been vandalised overnight.

Police are investigating.

It comes weeks after a football fans were blamed for wrecking the memorial as they left Warrenpoint for a return bus trip to Belfast.

Belfast football club Cliftonville, whose supporters are mostly from the nationalist/republican tradition, said it was aware of reports that some fans returning from a fixture against Warrenpoint Town were responsible.

Cliftonville condemned September's vandalism as "pathetic" and made clear the perpetrators were not part of an official or affiliated supporters club.

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