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Famiglia cattolica lascia la casa dopo attacco settario

Family move out after ‘sectarian’ Derry attack

A family in Co Londonderry said they have been forced to leave their home after being targeted by petrol bombers in a suspected sectarian attack.

Attacco settario a Garvagh | Sectarian attack in GarvaghA device was thrown in the early hours of Saturday morning, destroying the family’s car outside their house in Killyvalley Park, Garvagh.

Just yards away a second device struck a house, breaking a window and causing scorch damage.

Both families have young children aged between three and 13. Local politicians have described the incidents as “sinister” and “shocking”.

“The community are saying they are just stunned, they can’t understand why this would happen,” East Londonderry DUP MLA Adrian McQuillan told UTV.

“Certainly they’re saying that anything that happened here didn’t happen from within this estate. I thought we were past this stage in Northern Ireland and this morning we’re back to the bad old days.”

SDLP MLA John Dallat MLA said that while the area has had its problems in the past, the people there – many of whom are of mixed-religion families – have been working towards a shared community.

“I do believe there’s a small element that’s not representative of anybody who has been responsible for a lot of the crimes that have been committed in Garvagh over the years,” Mr Dallatt told UTV.

“They are a dangerous lot and I think the police have got to focus on them and make sure that they do not have the freedom to do this sort of thing.”

Police say a sectarian motive is one line of inquiry, and have appealed for anyone with information on the attacks to contact them.

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Di professione grafico e web designer, sono appassionato di trekking e innamorato dell'Irlanda e della sua storia. Insieme ad Andrea Varacalli ho creato e gestisco Les Enfants Terribles.

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