15/10/2004
Police link racial attacks
Police are linking a single gang to two separate racially motivated attacks in Co Down on Friday morning.
In the first incident a brick was thrown through the rear window of a car at Charles Way, Comber, at around 3.30am.
Shortly afterwards at Lower Crescent in the town, a brick was thrown through the window of a car and graffiti scrawled nearby.
Police would not reveal the nationality of those targeted however it is believed that they are of Turkish origin.
No one was injured in either incident.
(MB/GMCG)
In the first incident a brick was thrown through the rear window of a car at Charles Way, Comber, at around 3.30am.
Shortly afterwards at Lower Crescent in the town, a brick was thrown through the window of a car and graffiti scrawled nearby.
Police would not reveal the nationality of those targeted however it is believed that they are of Turkish origin.
No one was injured in either incident.
(MB/GMCG)
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