PSNI investigating loyalist bonfire refugee effigies as hate incident

Burning of boat containing dark-skinned mannequins in lifejackets in Moygashel draws widespread condemnation

Police in Northern Ireland are investigating a loyalist bonfire that featured effigies of refugees sitting in a boat as a hate incident.

Crowds in the County Tyrone village of Moygashel cheered on Thursday night when the towering pyre was lit and flames engulfed the vessel and a dozen dark-skinned, lifesize mannequins with lifejackets.