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Police step-up patrols in south Essex town after catapult yobs target birds

Summary by The Echo UK
Police have announced they will step-up patrols including plain clothes officers in a south Essex town after yobs targeted birds with a catapult.

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A number of houses on the Atalanta in Deurne have been badly damaged because steel balls were fired at them. The police believe that someone did this with a catapult. There is still no trace of the perpetrator. The police have received several reports from local residents because their houses have been badly damaged. Someone has fired small steel balls of about one centimeter at the houses. The police suspect that this was done with a catapult '…

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The Echo UK broke the news in Basildon, United Kingdom on Saturday, June 28, 2025.
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