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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Rebecca Black

‘Hate incident’ Co Tyrone bonfire topped with migrant effigy lit

A loyalist bonfire in Co Tyrone topped with effigies of migrants in a boat is set alight (Niall Carson/PA) -

A loyalist bonfire in Northern Ireland controversially topped with an effigy of migrants in a boat has been lit.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland earlier said they were investigating a hate incident in reference to the pyre in Moygashel on the outskirts of Dungannon, Co Tyrone.

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