Man bailed after being arrested in connection with reported hate crime in Lurgan

Door-cam footage has been circulating on social media

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Author: Downtown/CoolFM Staff ReporterPublished 2nd May 2023

Police say a man's been bailed after being arrested in connection with a reported hate crime in Lurgan.

It relates to an incident in the Ashleigh Crescent area on Sunday.

Door-cam footage circulating on social media shows men banging on the door of the home of a young mother, shouting sectarian insults.

A PSNI statement said, ā€œOfficers investigating a reported hate crime in the Ashleigh Crescent area of Lurgan on Sunday 30th April have made an arrest.ā€

ā€œA 34-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of attempted criminal damage. He was later bailed to allow for further enquiries.ā€

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