Church arson treated as hate crime

Detectives in the North are treating an overnight arson attack on a church as a hate crime.
Scorch damage was caused to the front door of the St Mary’s Star of Sea church in Newtownabbey, Co Antrim.
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SUBSCRIBEDetectives in the North are treating an overnight arson attack on a church as a hate crime.
Scorch damage was caused to the front door of the St Mary’s Star of Sea church in Newtownabbey, Co Antrim.
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