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Londonderry: Police treat bonfire material as hate crimes

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Summary
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70% Informative

Police treating display of flags and banners on a bonfire in Londonderry's Bogside as a hate crime.

Banners, flags and placards were placed on the Bogside bonfire on Thursday night .

Names of Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu were written on one flag next to a swastika and crosshair.

Politicians in the city have condemned the burning of emblems and flags.

VR Score

63

Informative language

54

Neutral language

69

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

53

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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