Police investigate arson attack on Aontú member’s car as ‘sectarian hate crime’

The scene in Newry after a car was set alight outside a house (Aontu/PA)

Police are investigating the burning of a car at the home of an Aontú representative in Newry as a sectarian hate crime.

The incident happened in the early hours of Wednesday following July 11 loyalist bonfires across Northern Ireland on the eve of Orange Order marches.