Assault on girl, 12, treated as sectarian hate crime
A father in Londonderry has said his 12-year-old daughter is now "terrfied to go out" after she was attacked in an alleged sectarian assault.
He told BBC News NI his daughter was beaten and kicked by a gang in the city centre on Monday afternoon."She is afraid. She hasn't been sleeping at night, we sat up with her last night," he said. They had been in one of the city's shopping centres when first chased by a gang of other young people, he added.The father said his daughter was kicked repeatedly, had her hair pulled and was subjected to sectarian abuse.He said his daughter alerted him to what had happened and he went to pick her up in the city centre.
"It has left me angry but you have to keep your cool. This shouldn't be happening in this day and age," he added.Ulster Unionist councillor Darren Guy said it had left him "disgusted".
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