House attack treated as Hate Crime

An attack on the home of a Traveller family in Newry is being treated as the latest in a series of hate crimes at their property.

The attach took place overnight at Chequer Court just off the Armagh Road in the city. A window was broken and paint bombs were thrown at the property damaging walls and the front yard of the house.

Police have made several arrests over this and other attacks at the house over the past fortnight

In the first attack on the fourth of July a 29-year-old woman was assaulted. The next day; the house was hit with eggs twice.