Three pigs had their throats slit at the State’s first major migrant camp in what is believed to be an attempt to keep Muslims out. The animals were left to bleed out near the site at Thornton Hall in North Dublin but had to be later put down by a vet. Gardai confirmed they are investigating the incident which took place last Wednesday evening.
Similar incidents have occurred in the UK and Europe and are used to deter people of the Islamic faith from an area as they consider pigs unclean. A source said there is little doubt that this was the intention of those involved in this incident. Read more: Gardai seeking public's help in finding Dublin teen missing for two days Read more: U2 sent Taylor Swift 'beautiful' welcome gift as she arrived in Dublin He said: “The three pigs were left on the Thornton Hall site and there’s no doubt that it was to keep Muslims off the land.
These animals were butchered, well half butchered. They had to be put down later. “They were left cut up and bleeding out but alive, it was shocking to look at.
It’s not being reported but this has been escalating for weeks with numerous incidents of trespassing and criminal damage and nothing has been done about it.” It is understood Thornton Hall, originally the site of a proposed “super prison” will be the first of the State’s first major migrant camps. It is believed that up to 1,000 migrants and asylum seekers will be accommodated there in the coming weeks.
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