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| Premises hit in sectarian attacks | Premises hit in sectarian attacks |
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| A number of business premises in Garvagh, County Londonderry, have been damaged in sectarian attacks. | A number of business premises in Garvagh, County Londonderry, have been damaged in sectarian attacks. |
| A total of 20 windows were broken at a butcher's shop, a cafe, a hotel and a public house on Main Street between 0300 BST and 0330 BST on Sunday. | A total of 20 windows were broken at a butcher's shop, a cafe, a hotel and a public house on Main Street between 0300 BST and 0330 BST on Sunday. |
| Police say they are treating the attacks as sectarian. | Police say they are treating the attacks as sectarian. |
| They said they would be examining CCTV footage following the incident and have appealed for information. | They said they would be examining CCTV footage following the incident and have appealed for information. |
| East Derry SDLP MLA John Dallat said resources for rural policing needed to be reviewed. | |
| "The present system is failing ordinary decent people living in vulnerable places such as Garvagh," he said. | "The present system is failing ordinary decent people living in vulnerable places such as Garvagh," he said. |
| "They don't need to be getting phone calls in the middle of the night to tell them to return to their premises, as they have been smashed up." | "They don't need to be getting phone calls in the middle of the night to tell them to return to their premises, as they have been smashed up." |
| Sinn Fein councillor Billy Leonard said the owners of the premises would not be put out of business by "thugs". | Sinn Fein councillor Billy Leonard said the owners of the premises would not be put out of business by "thugs". |
| "I spoke to one of the business people who said that they would be determined to keep going, that they serve a mixed clientele and they have a mixed workforce," he said. | "I spoke to one of the business people who said that they would be determined to keep going, that they serve a mixed clientele and they have a mixed workforce," he said. |