Three arrested after boat burned out in Antrim amid row over flag

One man required hospital treatment for injuries sustained in an alleged assault

Three men were arrested after a boat was set alight amid a row about a flag that was displayed on it.

Three men were arrested after a boat was set alight in Co Antrim amid a row about a flag that was displayed on it.

The incident, which police are treating as a sectarian motivated hate crime, happened outside a boat club in the Beach Road area of the seaside village of Portballintrae on Monday evening.