Northern Ireland

Aughintober Orange Hall targeted in paint-bomb attack

AN Orange hall has been attacked in Co Tyrone.

Aughintober Orange Hall had paint thrown at it some time between 6pm on Saturday and 11am on Sunday in what is being treated as a hate crime, police said.

Fermanagh & South Tyrone DUP assembly member Arlene Foster condemned it as "a disgraceful attack on a community facility" and "a crime motivated by sectarianism".

"There should not only be condemnation of such attacks from right across the political spectrum but an acceptance that demonisation of the Orange Institution and Loyal Order parades feeds into the mind-set which justifies such attacks. When we hear demands for respect then this must also be extended to the Orange Institution, its properties and parades."