US EditionLoyalist bonfire on site with asbestos lit despite warnings
NORTHERN IRELAND, JUL 11 – Sectarian hate slogans and effigies targeting Kneecap appeared on multiple bonfires, prompting police investigations and political condemnation across loyalist communities.
- On Friday, sectarian posters and effigies of Belfast rap group Kneecap appeared on Eleventh Night bonfires across Northern Ireland, bearing slogans and Irish flags.
- A 2023 comment by a Kneecap member saying “The only good Tory is a dead Tory” prompted sectarian slogans and effigies on bonfires, including a poster in Dungannon reading “Kill Your Local Kneecap.”
- PSNI reports confirm hate-motivated signage in Highfield and Dungannon, with footage showing a drone carrying an Irish tricolour circling the Shankill Road bonfire.
- Politicians condemned sectarian displays; Environment Minister Andrew Muir urged against lighting a bonfire with asbestos near hospitals, calling the displays 'sickening.'
- With Bonfire Night approaching, hundreds of fires were lit early, with this year’s count more than doubling last year’s, raising tensions ahead of July 12 parades.
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The NationalEffigies of Kneecap, Irish flags and sectarian slogans top loyalist bonfires
The bonfires are set to be lit late on Friday night.
·Essex, United Kingdom
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