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Date Posted: 05:45:03 01/08/04 Thu
Author: are students next
Subject: South Belfast: Racist attacks 'totally unacceptable'

Belfast: Racist attacks 'totally unacceptable'

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2004-01-08 10:10:08+00

A cross-community Alliance Party councillor in south Belfast has described a recent spate of racial attacks in the area as "totally unacceptable".

Tom Ekin said: "People from Northern Ireland have been welcomed throughout the world, yet some people here seem incapable of treating ethnic minorities with any respect at all.

"If people have a genuine grievance then they should approach the appropriate authorities.

"However, racist attacks are totally unacceptable and I would call on the community to assist the Police Service of Northern Ireland to catch those responsible."

A pregnant Pakistani woman and her brother-in-law were targeted in the latest racially-motivated attack in south Belfast.

The man and his eight-and-a-half months pregnant sister-in-law had retired for the night when a six-foot wooden plank was thrown through the front window of their house in the Donegall Road at about 10.50pm last night.

The plank smashed a downstairs double glazed window and showered the living room area with glass, where the owners had been eating 20 minutes earlier.

Although neither of them were injured, both occupants were badly shocked by the incident.

There has been a spate of racist attacks in loyalist areas of south Belfast in recent weeks.

The Donegall Road has witnessed a number of incidents, and last month a Chinese and a Ugandan family fled their homes in the Village district after their attacks on their homes on the same night.

Police have condemned the incidents and urged members of the public to help them catch those responsible.

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