Racists cut Nazi/KKK slogans into kids’ play area after attacks

Alert DateJuly 15, 2012 Country: Ireland Address: Tolka Valley Road, Finglas, Dublin General Type: Hate crime Racism and discrimination phenomena: Islamophobia, Religious intolerance, Nationalism, On grounds of other belief, Xenophobia
Groups affected / Interested in: Migrants, Refugees, Roma & Travelers, Muslims, Ethnic minorities, Religious minorities, Asylum seekers, Africans/black people Key socio-economic/institutional areas: Anti-discrimination, Anti-racism Hate speech/Racist Discourse Medium: Other
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Victims Nationality/Ethnic Origin Afghan, Albanian, Algerian, American, Andorran, Angolan, Antiguans, Argentinean, Armenian, Australian, Austrian, Azerbaijani, Bahamian, Bahraini, Bangladeshi, Barbadian, Barbudans, Batswana, Belarusian, Belgian, Belizean, Beninese, Bhutanese, Bolivian, Bosnian, Brazilian, British, Bruneian, Bulgarian, Burkinabe, Burmese, Burundian, Cambodian, Cameroonian, Canadian, Cape Verdean, Central African, Chadian, Chilean, Chinese, Colombian, Comoran, Congolese, Costa Rican, Croatian, Cuban, Cypriot, Czech, Danish, Djibouti, Dominican, Dutch, East Timorese, Ecuadorean, Egyptian, Emirian, Equatorial Guinean, Eritrean, Estonian, Ethiopian, Fijian, Filipino, Finnish, French, Gabonese, Gambian, Georgian, German, Ghanaian, Greek, Grenadian, Guatemalan, Guinea-Bissauan, Guinean, Guyanese, Haitian, Herzegovinian, Honduran, Hungarian, I-Kiribati, Icelander, Indian, Indonesian, Iranian, Iraqi, Irish, Israeli, Italian, Ivorian, Jamaican, Japanese, Jordanian, Kazakhstani, Kenyan, Kittian and Nevisian, Kuwaiti, Kyrgyz, Laotian, Latvian, Lebanese, Liberian, Libyan, Liechtensteiner, Lithuanian, Luxembourger, Macedonian, Malagasy, Malawian, Malaysian, Maldivan, Malian, Maltese, Marshallese, Mauritanian, Mauritian, Mexican, Micronesian, Moldovan, Monacan, Mongolian, Moroccan, Mosotho, Motswana, Mozambican, Namibian, Nauruan, Nepalese, New Zealander, Nicaraguan, Nigerian, Nigerien, North Korean, Northern Irish, Norwegian, Omani, Pakistani, Palauan, Panamanian, Papua New Guinean, Paraguayan, Peruvian, Polish, Portuguese, Qatari, Romanian, Russian, Rwandan, Saint Lucian, Salvadoran, Samoan, San Marinese, Sao Tomean, Saudi, Scottish, Senegalese, Serbian, Seychellois, Sierra Leonean, Singaporean, Slovakian, Slovenian, Solomon Islander, Somali, South African, South Korean, Spanish, Sri Lankan, Sudanese, Surinamer, Swazi, Swedish, Swiss, Syrian, Taiwanese, Tajik, Tanzanian, Thai, Togolese, Tongan, Trinidadian or Tobagonian, Tunisian, Turkish, Tuvaluan, Ugandan, Ukrainian, Uruguayan, Uzbekistani, Venezuelan, Vietnamese, Welsh, Yemenite, Zambian, Zimbabwean, Palestinian
Victims Gender Male, Female
Victims Age <17, 18-25, 26-35, 36-45, 46-55, 56-65, 66+
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Fatalities - deaths N/A
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Perpetrators Nationality/Ethnic Origin Irish
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Extremist/Organised Group Violence No

Racist defaced the a children's play area near the Tolka Valley Road in Finglas, North Dublin by cutting the images of a Nazi swastika and the initials of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) into grass which were later removed by Dublin City Council.

Local Sinn Féin Councillor Anthony Connaghan condemmed the incident telling An Phoblacht that "the decent people of Finglas are disgusted and appalled by these incidents. There is absolutely no place in society for this type of racism and intolerance.”

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