DAYS after unionist flags were removed from a roundabout in mixed Belfast residential district, others have appeared in a neighbouring area.
The flags went up on Saintfield Road between Commons Brae and Lenaghan Avenue on Saturday.
Residents said it is the first time flags - which they said included Parachute Regiment and paramilitary flags - have been erected there and they are "not wanted" in the area which is home to both unionists and nationalists.
SDLP councillor John Gallen has described the decision to raise them as a "provocative act", saying it is a "totally mixed area" in which "residents have made their feelings clear that they do not want flags erected around here".
His Alliance colleague Michelle Guy is among those who have contacted the Department for Infrastructure and PSNI to seek their removal.
"The flags erected don't represent culture, they have been erected to intimidate, provoke and hurt residents in the area. These residents don't deserve this," she said.
Alliance assembly member Paula Bradshaw said she is "really frustrated for all the residents", adding there have also been flags put up at Finaghy Road South at the same time.
There have been fresh calls from politicians for all the recommendations in the Flags Commission Report to be delivered by the Executive Office.
The Department for Infrastucture did not respond to Irish News inquiries about the issue yesterday.
