Statement from local MP, Jim Allister, on sectarian hate attack on Rasharkin Orange Hall:
“The overnight sectarian attack on Rasharkin Orange Hall and the painting of terrorist slogans in the village, before it today hosts Twelfth celebrations, typifies the unbridled hatred of Orange and Unionist culture that is designed to drive out its remaining Protestant residents.
“The local unionist community will nonetheless not be deterred by this latest manifestation of sectarian hatred.
“The precedent of such attacks and therefore the predictability of such on the 11th night ought to have led to a police presence in the village which clearly was absent.
“I look forward to seeing the parade later today in Rasharkin and stand with my constituents who have for so long borne such republican hatred.”