SDLP Leader Colum Eastwood has condemned a paint attack on Walkers Plinth in Derry which he said is designed to raise tension in the city ahead of July 12.
Police say they are treating it as a sectarian hate crime.
Said the Foyle MP: “People in Derry want to live in peace with one another.
“This kind of attack is about raising tension in the city in the run up to the twelfth and no one wants it.
“The people responsible have no support and need to go away.
“I would urge anyone with influence to use it to lower the temperature and make sure that the coming week passes off peacefully.
“Our city is built on a foundation of mutual respect and accommodation of all traditions. That’s what we have to show again.”
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