An Alliance Party councillor says he will continue campaigning in every street despite being subjected to an assault whilst canvassing for the upcoming local elections.
Councillor Michael Long, the party's group leader on Belfast City Council, says he was verbally and physically assaulted whilst canvassing last Thursday evening in what the PSNI are describing as a hate crime.
The Lisnasharragh councillor, who is married to Alliance leader Naomi Long, said he was canvassing in Carncaver Road when two men approached him, shouting abuse and telling him to leave the area.
