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MAGINNESS - ATTACKS ON ESSENTIAL SERVICES WORKERS HORRIFIC
AND POINTLESS SDLP North Belfast MLA Alban Maginness has responded to research published today by Queens University which reveals that stone throwing attacks on essential services workers are increasing. The research also shows that one in five attacks on emergency services occur in North and West Belfast. Mr Maginness stated: “The numbers of attacks of on essential services throughout the north of Ireland are as horrific as they are pointless. It is difficult to comprehend what goes on in the minds of those who are prepared to launch senseless attacks on emergency workers and essential service employees as they go about their business. Dedicated frontline staff who are often dealing with life or death emergencies should be free to carry out their jobs free from assault, obstruction or hindrance. Attacks on these workers are unacceptable and should not be tolerated. They only serve to damage communities and fracture vital links between the emergency services and those communities’ at the most critical times. “The longer this situation continues the greater the likelihood that a life will be lost and we must adopt a zero-tolerance approach to this kind of despicable behaviour. A sense of responsibility must be encouraged by parents, schools and the wider community to educate our young people in particular about the dangers that exist and the responsibilities they have to their own communities. Only by adopting this kind of approach can we hope to make meaningful process on this worrying and growing problem.”
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