A controversial bonfire topped with an effigy of a migrant boat has been lit tonight.
Police are investigating a hate incident in relation to the towering pyre, which has also been festooned with anti-immigration placards including one sign reading “stop the boats”. An Irish tricolour flag was also placed on top of the bonfire, which was set alight late on Thursday.
The structure in Moygashel, County Tyrone was described as “inhuman and deeply sub-Christian” by John McDowell, the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland.
And now Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) have confirmed it is probing the pyre as they want to “help those who are or who feel vulnerable, [and] keep people safe.”
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