Ballymena may be a taste of things to come

Ballymena in County Antrim , Northern Ireland , is the latest town to be ripped apart by fear, loathing and rioting sparked by an alleged crime committed by migrants.

Two 14-year-old Romanian Roma boys were charged with attempted oral rape of a teenage girl.

On Monday , rioters attacked the homes of the alleged perpetrators, but also those of other, entirely innocent Roma .

In a nearby village, a Filipino man, totally unconnected to the alleged rape, was firebombed.

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