SOME poppy wreaths have been damaged at the site of the Narrow Water bombing in Co Down.
Ulster Unionist councillor David Taylor hit out at the “desecration” of the wreaths, which were laid to remember the 18 British soldiers killed in two IRA bomb blasts outside Warrenpoint in August 1979.
“This is one in a long line of many attacks on wreaths at this location and it is all the more poignant that it has happened as we approach Remembrance weekend,” he said.
“This is appalling behaviour which will only serve to further compound the pain of the loved ones of the service personnel who lost their lives at Narrow Water in August 1979.
“Quite simply, this is a hate crime which should be condemned by all right thinking people. The individuals responsible have nothing to offer to any civilised society and I would appeal to anyone with information to pass it to the PSNI immediately.”
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