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Arrest after Remembrance banner stolen from Fountain poppy display

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BBC Shows a large number of white crosses in a grassy area with houses in the background, without the large poppy on feature which was stolenBBC

The 16-year-old was arrested and later bailed on suspicion of offences, including theft from a Remembrance poppy memorial in the Fountain estate

A teenage boy has been arrested and subsequently bailed in connection with a banner reported to have been stolen from a Remembrance poppy memorial in Londonderry.

The 16-year-old was arrested on Monday on suspicion of offences including theft from the display in the Fountain area at the weekend.

Separately, police have said they are also continuing to investigate an incident in which the same memorial display, commemorating people from the area who died in World War One, was also damaged.

The incident is being treated as a sectarian hate crime and police appealed for anyone with information to come forward.

Google The war memorial cenotaph pictured in Londonderry city centre. 
A large plinth with a person with wings and their arms outstretched is at the top, while a statue of a soldier is visible nearer the front lower section of the display. Google

Police have also said they are also investigating a poppy wreath being stolen from The Cenotaph in The Diamond area on Sunday

Meanwhile, police are also investigating a poppy wreath being stolen from the War Memorial in the Diamond area of the city.

Police believe this happened some time between early Sunday and when it was reported on Tuesday.

This incident is also being treated as a sectarian hate crime and police have appealed for information.

People are standing solemnly- outside in coats and formal attire at an armistice ceremony. Poppy wreaths can be seen on the steps up to the memorial. Buildings can be seen in the background.

Wreaths were laid at the Diamond on Tuesday to mark the end of World War One

Deputy Mayor Niree McMorris, of the Democractic Unionist Party (DUP), said the targeting of memorials was “getting beyond a joke now”.

“Every time there is an act of remembrance, people are having to lift the wreaths before they are stolen,” she told BBC Radio Foyle’s North West Today programme.


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