Northern Ireland: places of worship attacked every three days
Calls were being made today for greater protection of churches and other places of worship in Northern Ireland after hundreds of attacks in recent years.
A freedom of information request by CARE NI revealed that since 2014, there have been 601 recorded crimes causing criminal damage to religious buildings, churchyards and cemetries in the province - around one every three days.
The worst affected area is Belfast City, where 173 attacks - over a quarter of the total recorded across Northern Ireland - took place....
