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A demonstration organised on social media called for a ‘peaceful protest to show our anger at what cannot and will not be tolerated in this town’. But after three nights of violence, terrified families are fleeing Ballymena and displaying their nationalities on their front door
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After three nights of hate-filled violence, some terrified families in Ballymena have resorted to displaying their nationalities on their front door.
Signs proclaiming “locals live here” or “Filipino lives here” have been put up alongside Union Jack flags in a desperate bid to stop rioters from targeting their homes.
