Three arrested after 'shocking' racially-motivated hate crime assault at Down beach

Those targeted are described as having “sustained a number of serious, but non-life-threatening, injuries”.

Three men have been arrested following what police have termed a “shocking” racially-motivated hate crime assault at a North Down beach on Monday.

A police spokesperson said they received a report that three men, aged in their 30s, had been assaulted at the beach in Helen’s Bay at around 9pm.