A teenager has been left shaken after being grabbed by a man who asked him “insulting questions”.
Police are treating the incident, in Belfast’s Sandy Row area, as a racially motivated hate crime. Officers are appealing for information following the ‘report of an assault at Aughrim Park on Monday 3rd February’.
A PSNI spokesman said: “It was reported that at around 5.15pm on Monday afternoon, a 17 year old male was approached by a man who asked him a number of insulting questions before grabbing him by his coat.
“The teenager managed to break free from the man and made off from the area but was left feeling frightened and shaken. The man involved was described as being in his 40’s or 50’s and was wearing a white jacket and a cap and spoke with a local accent. The matter is being treated as a racially motivated hate crime.”
The statement added: “Anyone with any information about this incident or who may be able to help with the investigation, is asked to call police at Lisburn Road on the non-emergency number 101, quoting reference number 782 04/02/25 or submit a report online using our non-emergency reporting form via http://www.psni.police.uk/makeareport/. You can also contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or online at http://crimestoppers-uk.org/.”
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