PSNI probes alleged sectarian assault during football game

Police in the North are investigating an alleged sectarian assault on two Catholic players during a football match in south Belfast yesterday.

Local Sinn Féin Assembly member Michael Ferguson claimed the two teenagers were attacked by supporters of a team from the loyalist Shankill Road.

“In the course of the match, two players clashed and the supporters of the team from the Shankill went onto the pitch,” he said.

“Sectarian abuse of players cannot be tolerated. Racist or physical abuse of players cannot be accepted under any circumstances.”