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| Police: attack on St Patrick's Church, Dungannon, a hate crime | |
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| Police have said they are treating an attack on a Catholic church in County Tyrone as a hate crime. | Police have said they are treating an attack on a Catholic church in County Tyrone as a hate crime. |
| Graffiti was daubed on St Patrick's Church on the Killyman Road in Dungannon some time overnight between Tuesday and Wednesday. | |
| Police said their enquiries are continuing. | Police said their enquiries are continuing. |
| Anyone with information is asked to contact police at Dungannon on the 101 non-emergency number or Crimestoppers. | Anyone with information is asked to contact police at Dungannon on the 101 non-emergency number or Crimestoppers. |
| SDLP councillor Denise Mullen said it was "a disgusting and appalling act of vandalism". | |
| "Whoever is responsible for this should be ashamed," she said. | |
| "To carry out a thuggish act like this on a place of worship is cowardly and, really, it is an attack on the community." |