Firefighters at the Church of the Holy Name in Greenisland, Co Antrim. Alamy Stock Photo

Three boys aged between 10 and 11 charged with arson of church and church hall in Co Antrim

The three boys are to appear at Belfast Youth Court on 30 September.

TWO BOYS AGED 11 and a third boy aged 10 have been charged with arson of a church and church hall in Greenland, Co Antrim last Sunday.

The three boys are to appear at Belfast Youth Court on 30 September, a spokesman for the Police Service Northern Ireland has said. 

The Church of the Holy Name, a Church of Ireland building, was significantly damaged as a result of the fire.

Police are not treating the attack as a racially motivated crime. 

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