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| Woodvale, Belfast: Two arrests over attack on house | Woodvale, Belfast: Two arrests over attack on house |
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| Police are treating an attack on a house in north Belfast as a racially motivated hate crime. | Police are treating an attack on a house in north Belfast as a racially motivated hate crime. |
| A number of windows at the front of the house at Broom Street in the Woodvale area were smashed at about 20:40 BST on Monday night. | A number of windows at the front of the house at Broom Street in the Woodvale area were smashed at about 20:40 BST on Monday night. |
| A man and woman who are originally from Hungary were in the house at the time. They were not injured. | |
| The police said a 50-year-old woman and 34-year-old man were arrested on suspicion of criminal damage. | The police said a 50-year-old woman and 34-year-old man were arrested on suspicion of criminal damage. |
| The victims told the BBC they believed they were targeted for being foreign nationals. | |
| They were sitting in the living room at the front of the property when the attack happened before running upstairs. | |
| From a window, they said they saw two people wearing masks with a baseball bat outside. | |
| The pair have lived at the home for a year and came to Northern Ireland five years ago. | |
| Progressive Unionist Party leader Billy Hutchinson said the Woodvale community would "rally round and support the family" whose house was attacked. | Progressive Unionist Party leader Billy Hutchinson said the Woodvale community would "rally round and support the family" whose house was attacked. |
| "We all have a duty to ensure that everything is done so that there is not a repeat of this type of attack and that people are able to live their lives in peace and not in fear," he said. | "We all have a duty to ensure that everything is done so that there is not a repeat of this type of attack and that people are able to live their lives in peace and not in fear," he said. |