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Assault on two tourists treated as ‘racially-motivated hate crime’

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An assault on two tourists in Belfast city centre is being treated as a racially-motivated hate crime.

Police said the two men were walking in the Royal Avenue area of the city at about 23:00 GMT on Tuesday when they were set upon and “punched and kicked repeatedly”.

A 34-year-old man, a 28-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman were arrested on suspicion of attempted grievous bodily harm, while a 38-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

Four people remain in police custody on Wednesday morning following the reportedly unprovoked assault.

Belfast Area Commander, Ch Supt Jeremy Lindsay, said: “Thankfully, at this stage we don’t believe that the men sustained serious injury.

“We’re grateful that our CCTV operators saw this assault in progress and we were able to get officers to the scene very quickly.

“It’s shameful that visitors to Belfast should be subject to such an attack.”


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