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18/08/2015
UUP Hits Out Over Sectarian Graffiti Sprayed On Housing Development
Sectarian graffiti has been sprayed on the site of a new housing development in Newtownabbey, County Antrim.
UUP north Belfast spokesperson, Andy Allen, said he is absolutely disgusted at the latest attempt to whip up community tensions in the area, centred on the former Felden Training Centre site just off the Mill Road.
Mr Allen said: "On Sunday night graffiti was sprayed on commercial premises in the area, indicating that any protestants who attempted to move into the 97 units being built there by Clanmil Housing, would be 'bombed out, burnt out and shot'. There was also a threat against a named employee of Clanmil Housing.
"Right at the outset of this project many people had concerns that the Felden site was not suitable for developing shared housing given its proximity to hard-line republican areas such as Bawnmore and Longlands. This graffiti incident is the latest in a number of incidents which are clearly designed to intimidate Protestants who may be thinking of applying for housing in the new development.
"It is a sad fact that North Belfast endured a long history of ethnic cleansing of Protestants from areas such as the Cliftonville Road, Antrim Road, and Torrens Estate."
(CD)
UUP north Belfast spokesperson, Andy Allen, said he is absolutely disgusted at the latest attempt to whip up community tensions in the area, centred on the former Felden Training Centre site just off the Mill Road.
Mr Allen said: "On Sunday night graffiti was sprayed on commercial premises in the area, indicating that any protestants who attempted to move into the 97 units being built there by Clanmil Housing, would be 'bombed out, burnt out and shot'. There was also a threat against a named employee of Clanmil Housing.
"Right at the outset of this project many people had concerns that the Felden site was not suitable for developing shared housing given its proximity to hard-line republican areas such as Bawnmore and Longlands. This graffiti incident is the latest in a number of incidents which are clearly designed to intimidate Protestants who may be thinking of applying for housing in the new development.
"It is a sad fact that North Belfast endured a long history of ethnic cleansing of Protestants from areas such as the Cliftonville Road, Antrim Road, and Torrens Estate."
(CD)
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