Police treat attack on house in Kilcooley as a hate crime

BBC A house with green grass in front of it. It is single storey with a white door and brown bricks. There is a clothes rail in the garden and a white armchair. There are three binds. A window on the right is boarded up.BBC

The kitchen window of a house in Ganaway Walk, Bangor, was smashed

Police are treating an attack on a house in Bangor, County Down, as a hate crime.

The incident was reported to police at about 22:10 BST on Monday.

The kitchen window of the house in Ganaway Walk in Kilcooley was smashed. Police have asked anyone with information to contact them.

Councillors in the area have described the attack as “contemptible” and “a senseless act of intimidation”.

Bangor mayor and Alliance councillor Gillian McCollum told BBC News NI she was “appalled” by the attack.

Gillian McCollum with brown hair in a brown leather jacket. There are houses behind her.

Bangor mayor Gillian McCollum encouraged people to co-operate with the police

McCollum described it as “a senseless act of intimidation”, which was “designed to strike fear into this community”.

“This is a borough which we all belong to equally and I unreservedly condemn the people behind this action,” she said.

She encouraged people to co-operate with the police and help “to address this type of behaviour and stamp it out”.

Carl McClean in grey jumper and blue shirt. He has grey hair. There are houses behind him.

DUP councillor Carl McClean said those behind the attack had “no support” from people in the area

DUP councillor Carl McClean also condemned the attack.

“Nobody, whatever the reason or motivation, needs to have that happen to them,” he said.

“Nobody here wants that. This doesn’t help any cause or person living here.

“Whoever has done this, I want them to know that they carry no support whatsoever from the people who live here or any elected representative.

“It’s contemptible.”

Police have asked anyone with information to contact them.

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