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| Three Catholic churches in the Ballymena area have been damaged in sectarian attacks, police have said. | Three Catholic churches in the Ballymena area have been damaged in sectarian attacks, police have said. |
| Bottles containing paint were thrown at churches on Crebilly Road and Larne Road. | Bottles containing paint were thrown at churches on Crebilly Road and Larne Road. |
| A church and headstones on the Portglenone Road in Ahoghill were also targeted. Police said the attacks took place early on Thursday morning. | A church and headstones on the Portglenone Road in Ahoghill were also targeted. Police said the attacks took place early on Thursday morning. |
| Ballymena councillor Declan O'Loan said the attack was a "disgraceful episode for the Ballymena area". | |
| "Generally, Ballymena has been much more settled recently but there has been a state of nervousness and tension in the area, particularly about the flags disputes that has now manifested into these attacks," he said. | |
| "It's reminiscent of the type of thing that happened not too many years ago when we used to hear of attacks happening through the night all too often, but we've had nothing like that for a good period of time so it's certainly very worrying and very distressing." |