Two men have been arrested by Police after allegedly spraying slurry along the route of a Pride parade.
The shocking incident took place in Ballymena on Saturday morning just hours before the County Antrim town’s first Pride event.
Now two men, aged 19 and 20 respectively, have been arrested in relation to the incident.
Police charged the 19-year-old suspect with causing criminal damage, possession of an article with a blade or point and causing material to be deposited on a road.
Meanwhile the 20-year-old man has been charged with causing criminal damage, aiding and abetting criminal damage and causing material to be deposited on a road.
Police have confirmed that the matter is being treated as a hate crime, and that their enquiries into the incident are ongoing.
The pride parade itself went on without delay yesterday afternoon after the town’s streets were cleaned.
