Newtownabbey graffiti ‘not reflective of the overwhelming majority of local people’
Police are appealing for information following a report of criminal damage close to a primary school in the King’s Drive area of Newtownabbey.
It is understood anti-immigration and anti-asylum seeker slogans were painted near the entrance to King’s Park Primary.
A PSNI spokesperson said: “It was reported shortly after 6am on May 24 that graffiti had been discovered on tarmac outside one of the entrances to a primary school. This is being treated as a racially-motivated hate crime at this stage.
“Enquiries are ongoing and anyone with any information is asked to call 101, quoting 162 24/05/24.”
Condemning those behind the graffiti, Macedon UUP Cllr Robert Foster said: “I was made aware of the graffiti by the principal and council moved quickly to have it removed.
"This is not reflective of the overwhelming majority of local people and I hope the culprits are caught.”
A spokesperson for Antrim and Newtownabbey Council confirmed staff were on site to clear the graffiti shortly after it was reported.