Statement by North Antrim MLA Jim Allister:

“The burning of a Protestant man’s car in Rasharkin coming hard on the heels of yet another attack upon the village’s Orange Hall is appalling.

“A campaign of blatant sectarian harassment  against the minority community within the village has been going on for a number of years but of late incidents appear to have increased in both frequency and intensity.

“There is an orchestrated campaign to ethnically cleanse Rasharkin and it is long past the stage where the police need to get on top of the situation. People need to be brought to justice for this and a litany of other attacks on the Protestant population of the village.”