MLA says victim asked if he was Catholic or Protestant before being subjected to beating
An assault on a teenager asked what religion he was before being subjected to a beating is being treated as a ‘sectarian motivated hate crime’, police say.Local MLA Brian Kingston says the victim was subjected to derogatory comments about being a Protestant as he was kicked and punched.In a statement issued on Monday morning, the PSNI said officers “received a report of an assault on a teenage boy at a fast food restaurant at Brougham Street on Sunday 3rd July”.
“Enquiries into the incident are ongoing and anyone with any information or who may be able to help with the investigation, is asked to call officers at Tennent Street on the non-emergency number 101, quoting reference number 1543 03/07/22." In a Facebook post, the DUP representative added: “Along with two friends he was in the KFC at Brougham Street when a larger group of around ten boys, around the same age, came into the premises at around 5.15pm and asked aggressively if they were Protestant or Catholic. When they refused to answer one of the larger group made a derogatory comment that they must be Protestants and one of the boys was then kicked on the arm and punched hard on the head, resulting in a swollen lump on his head.
“Such sectarian attacks must have consequences for the perpetrators and I urge anyone with information to pass that on to the police. With all the CCTV cameras in the vicinity of the KFC and Cityside Retail Park it must surely be possible to identify these youths so that they can be brought to justice.
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