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| Rathcoole estate: Mother and sons home targeted in hate crime attack | Rathcoole estate: Mother and sons home targeted in hate crime attack |
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| A house in Newtownabbey, County Antrim, has been targeted in what is believed to have been a racist attack. | |
| The front window of the house at Linford Green in the Rathcoole estate was smashed after a brick was thrown at it at around 02:00 BST on Friday. | The front window of the house at Linford Green in the Rathcoole estate was smashed after a brick was thrown at it at around 02:00 BST on Friday. |
| Kerry Ann Brown lives in the house with her three sons, aged 10, seven and two. | Kerry Ann Brown lives in the house with her three sons, aged 10, seven and two. |
| It is the second time that the house has been attacked in less than a year. In the previous incident racist graffiti was scrawled on it. | It is the second time that the house has been attacked in less than a year. In the previous incident racist graffiti was scrawled on it. |
| Ms Brown said at one stage it sounded like someone was trying to get into the house, but when police arrived no-one was there. | Ms Brown said at one stage it sounded like someone was trying to get into the house, but when police arrived no-one was there. |
| She said it was a frightening experience for her children who wondered why it was happening. | She said it was a frightening experience for her children who wondered why it was happening. |
| "I don't know what to say to them, because I don't even know myself why it has happened," she said. | "I don't know what to say to them, because I don't even know myself why it has happened," she said. |
| "The only conclusion I can come to is that I am black, I'm an ethnic minority. | "The only conclusion I can come to is that I am black, I'm an ethnic minority. |
| "There are so many other houses in the street and mine is the only one that has been attacked." | "There are so many other houses in the street and mine is the only one that has been attacked." |
| She said her neighbours were "lovely people" and she had no problem with them. | She said her neighbours were "lovely people" and she had no problem with them. |
| Police are treating it as a hate crime and have appealed for witnesses. | Police are treating it as a hate crime and have appealed for witnesses. |