Racist 'thugs' in Bristol must be brought to justice says Labour after 'abhorrent' crimes View 3 Images

The leader of the Labour group at Bristol City Council has described a series of hate crime incidents in Bristol in recent weeks as ‘abhorrent’ and called for ‘every one of the thugs’ to be brought to justice.

Tom Renhard joined condemnation of the incidents, and said the attacks ‘need to end’. In a statement on behalf of Bristol Labour , Cllr Renhard (Lab, Horfield ) referenced incidents which saw a nine-year-old girl racially abused and shot with a pellet gun in Brentry, a violent attack on two men in Lawrence Hill and the Islamophobic graffiti on a bus stop in Bedminster .

“These attacks on members of Bristol's communities are abhorrent and need to end,” he said. “The

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