Man (22) arrested over republican Christmas display of snowman pressing bomb trigger
Last month a Christmas themed window display appeared at the offices of dissident-linked group Saoradh
A 22-year-old man has been arrested under the Terrorism Act by police investigating the circumstances of a window display in Derry.
He has been charged to appear at Bishop Street courthouse on Thursday morning.
Last month a Christmas themed window display appeared at the offices of dissident-linked group Saoradh. It showed a snowman pressing a bomb trigger.
The display was condemned by the DUP.
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The image at Junior McDaid House is accompanied by the phrase “they haven’t gone away ye know” – referencing the well-known Provisional IRA phrase.
The display features the snowman in the image dressed in traditional republican attire and Father Christmas appears to be holding a walkie-talkie device.
Similarly controversial images have appeared at Junior McDaid House in the past including one of Father Christmas brandishing an AK47.
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