Robbery targets primary school in loyalist district of Belfast

A DUP MLA has condemned a robbery at a primary school in south Belfast.

Christopher Stalford, representing the constituency, said the break-in at Blythefield Primary School in the loyalist Sandy Row district, on the edge of the city centre, resulted in the loss of “laptops, a passport and other valuable equipment”.

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Police said the break-in was reported to them on Sunday.

Mr Stalford said: “The school is at the heart of the community and any attack on the school is an attack on the whole community.”

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