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| Murder suspect's family targeted | |
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| Stone throwers have targeted a house belonging to a sister of one of the men accused of murdering a Coleraine community worker earlier this year. | |
| The woman's brother has been charged with the murder of Kevin McDaid who died after he was beaten by loyalists. | |
| Police confirmed that a window had been broken at a house at Winston Way around 2035 BST on Sunday and said they are treating the incident as sectarian. | |
| Officers were also attacked by youths throwing stones in Coleraine on Sunday. | |
| Just after 2000 BST police responded to a report of public disorder in Killowen Street. | |
| They dispersed a crowd then came under attack. | |
| A 45-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of assaulting police. | |
| A PSNI spokesmen said police believed the attack on the house in Winston Way, and a later incident during which a window was smashed at a house in Shuttle Hill, were both linked to the disturbances. | |
| Alliance councillor Barney Fitzpatrick said he was "appalled" at the attack on the police. | |
| "Given the events of recent months in the town this attack is particularly worrying. | |
| "All community workers and political representatives need to continue their efforts to ease the tensions that have developed in the area in recent times," he said. |
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