Broughshane: PSNI treating smashing of windows at house as racially-motivated hate crime

Police are treating a late night incident during which windows of a house were smashed in Broughshane as a racially-motivated hate crime.

Officers are appealing for witnesses to come forward.

Police said the incident was reported to have happened on Wednesday, January 28 around 11.45pm.

A number of windows were smashed at a house in the Main Street area.

Police are investigating a report of criminal damage in the Main Street area of Broughshane on Wednesday, January 28. Picture: Pacemaker (stock image).placeholder image
Police are investigating a report of criminal damage in the Main Street area of Broughshane on Wednesday, January 28. Picture: Pacemaker (stock image).

"Three men, who were in the property at the time, were thankfully, physically uninjured, but left shaken,” a PSNI spokesperson said.

“Enquiries are ongoing and the matter is being treated as a racially-motivated hate crime."

Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 101, quoting reference number 31 of 29/01/26.

Alternatively, you can submit a report online using the non-emergency reporting form via http://www.psni.police.uk/makeareport/ or contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or online at http://crimestoppers-uk.org/.

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