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Ulsterville Avenue: Home and car damaged in racist attack Ulsterville Avenue: Two families targeted in racist attacks
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A family home and a car have been damaged in a racist attack in Belfast. The home of a young family has been attacked and their neighbour's car has been set on fire in racist attacks in Ulsterville Avenue, south Belfast.
It is understood the house targeted in Ulsterville Avenue, in the south of the city, is occupied by foreign nationals. Both families are foreign nationals with young children and police are treating the attacks as racially-motivated hate crimes.
Police received a report that a bottle was thrown at a living room window of the house at about 03:35 BST on Sunday, smashing the glass as a result. A bottle was thrown at the home of a family from Bangladesh at about 03:35 BST, smashing their living room window.
Flammable liquid was poured over a car parked outside the house. It was set alight, causing extensive damage to the vehicle. A car parked nearby, belonging to their Kuwaiti neighbours, was burnt out.
PSNI Det Sgt Black said: "Enquiries are continuing but at this stage, police are treating the incident as a hate crime." PSNI Det Sgt Black said: "It is believed that flammable liquid was poured over the vehicle.
"The car was extensively damaged, but no-one was believed to have been in the car at the time of the incident."
The officer appealed for information and added: "Inquiries are continuing but at this stage, police are treating the incident as a hate crime.