KKK display is ‘hate crime’

THE PSNI have been urged to review CCTV after images surfaced of people dressed as Klu Klux Klan members outside an Islamic prayer house.

Online pictures appear to show a group dressed up as white supremacists outside the building in Newtownards, Co Down. Detectives are investigating the incident and are treating it as a hate crime.

It is understood the images were taken on Saturday night and a number of local people reported seeing the group.

Strangford MLA Kellie Armstrong branded the incident “disgusting” and called on police to identify the group.

The Alliance member said: “The KKK represents a brand of hatred not wanted or welcome in the area. This group did not simply dress up for Halloween rather they deliberately posed outside the prayer house.”