Man arrested after huge swastika flag spotted on back of house
A 55-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offence.
A man has been arrested after displaying a huge red flag with a swastika on it outside a home.
The 55-year-old was arrested on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offence.
A passerby had seen the flag near the A474 flyover in Neath, Wales, and posted the image on social media.
They wrote: ‘You don’t see something like that often’.
Police said the flag had since been taken down after images of the huge symbol displayed on the back of a property were seen circulating on social media.
South Wales Police confirmed the man was currently in police custody.
Police were spotted visiting a property in a row of terraced homes in Neath around 10am this morning, believed to be in connection with the incident.
A spokeswoman for the police said: ‘We are aware of images circulating on social media of a flag with a swastika on it being displayed in Neath.
‘We would like to reassure you this flag has been removed and a 55-year-old local man has been arrested on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offence’.
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