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| Nazi flags erected near bonfire site in Carrickfergus | Nazi flags erected near bonfire site in Carrickfergus |
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| A number of Nazi flags have been put up on lamp posts in County Antrim. | A number of Nazi flags have been put up on lamp posts in County Antrim. |
| The flags were erected near a loyalist bonfire site at Marshalltown Road in Carrickfergus, alongside paramilitary flags and the Union flag. | |
| Police said they were "aware of reports of several flags in the Carrickfergus area and are making enquiries". | Police said they were "aware of reports of several flags in the Carrickfergus area and are making enquiries". |
| Alliance Party MLA Stewart Dickson said: "Clearly it's an incredibly sinister move to see any flag that has a swastika on it." | Alliance Party MLA Stewart Dickson said: "Clearly it's an incredibly sinister move to see any flag that has a swastika on it." |
| "Part of the celebration for the Twelfth of July incorporates the memory of thousands of Orangemen who gave their lives during the Second World War," he said. | "Part of the celebration for the Twelfth of July incorporates the memory of thousands of Orangemen who gave their lives during the Second World War," he said. |
| "For anyone to put swastika flags around a bonfire as part of their so-called celebration has taken a most sinister turn, and is flying in the face of everything that I ever understood the Orange Order to stand for." | "For anyone to put swastika flags around a bonfire as part of their so-called celebration has taken a most sinister turn, and is flying in the face of everything that I ever understood the Orange Order to stand for." |
| He added: "This requires the whole community to stand up and say 'enough is enough'." | He added: "This requires the whole community to stand up and say 'enough is enough'." |
| "I would hope that the Orange Order would join me and other community leaders in Carrickfergus and say 'this is not in our name and we don't want these symbols of fascism rearing their head in our community'." | "I would hope that the Orange Order would join me and other community leaders in Carrickfergus and say 'this is not in our name and we don't want these symbols of fascism rearing their head in our community'." |
| An Orange Order spokesman said: "The Orange Institution is not responsible for the erection of these flags in Carrickfergus." | An Orange Order spokesman said: "The Orange Institution is not responsible for the erection of these flags in Carrickfergus." |
| He added: "Public representatives, including Mr Dickson, have a role to play and should not shirk their responsibilities if there are concerns within certain communities regarding particular flags and symbols." | He added: "Public representatives, including Mr Dickson, have a role to play and should not shirk their responsibilities if there are concerns within certain communities regarding particular flags and symbols." |