Police in Derry say they have found nothing to substantiate allegations that someone dressed up as a member of Hamas during Halloween celebrations in the city.
There was controversy when a picture emerged on social media purporting to show a masked man in military fatigues standing in the city's Guildhall Square holding a toy rifle.Now, police in the city say they have trawled CCTV footage and issued a public appeal, but have not found any imagery matching that which was posted.
"None of our police officers saw anybody in that outfit. Nobody has made a complaint to either the staff who were stewarding or security for the event, and the event took place over three or four days," he told a meeting of the Northern Ireland Policing Board. "I don't know at the moment, I can't give you an answer on that, but that was the suggestion last night.
"At the moment we can't find any witnesses or anybody saying that someone was walking around dressed like that during the events of Halloween so the jury is out on that."
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