A Stormont Assembly member has said he will not be bullied after threatening graffiti about him appeared in Belfast.
People Before Profit’s Gerry Carroll said the graffiti, including a target symbol and the initials of a “fringe fascist group”, appeared in Andersonstown.
“These threats are a sign of desperation,” he said. “The far right are utterly isolated in west Belfast and only dare emerge in the dead of night.”
Mr Carroll said thousands of people have joined actions against racism in west Belfast in recent months and would do so again.
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“I will not be deterred nor bullied by a pathetic minority who skulk around under cover of darkness,” he said.
“I call on all progressive forces in this city to unite against racism and fascism. In particular, the trade union movement must urgently respond and mobilise its resources against the far-right threat.”
Mr Carroll said far-right racism “has only divided communities and is no different than the sectarianism and discrimination that was meted out to working people here in the North”.
A PSNI spokesperson said the force had been “made aware of threatening graffiti daubed on a wall” in the west Belfast area and that anyone with information about the matter should come forward.
