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| Police intervene in council row | Police intervene in council row |
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| Police have been called to Limavady Borough Council's offices after a meeting had to be abandoned. | Police have been called to Limavady Borough Council's offices after a meeting had to be abandoned. |
| Officers were called to attend to reports of a disturbance and assault at the offices on Connell Street at about 2200 GMT on Tuesday. | |
| It is understood a group of up to 50 protestors turned up for the meeting, where the issue of neutral spaces in council areas was being discussed. | It is understood a group of up to 50 protestors turned up for the meeting, where the issue of neutral spaces in council areas was being discussed. |
| Two Sinn Fein councillors said they were abused as they left the building. | |
| The councillors, Anne Brolly and Marion Donaghy, said they were confronted by a crowd outside the council offices. | |
| "There was a particularly nasty mood among the young men who were there," Ms Brolly said. | |
| "They spat on us and they were very vitriolic and made obscene comments and threats to us. | |
| "When we got into the car one man threw a Union Jack over it and shouted obscenities at us." |