POLICE are treating damage to a house and car in Co. Antrim overnight as a racially-motivated hate crime.
Racist graffiti was also sprayed on a wall close to the incident, which occurred in the early hours of this morning in Ballyclare.
"It was reported to police that sometime overnight, the front window of a house in the Erskine Park area had been smashed and a vehicle parked outside damaged, when a brick was thrown through the windscreen," said Chief Inspector Bradley of the PSNI.
"Our enquiries into this incident, which we are treating as a racially motivated hate crime, are ongoing.
"We are also aware of racist graffiti being sprayed on a wall in the area."
Anyone with information in relation to the incident is asked to contact police on 101, quoting reference number 252 of August 8.
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