内容摘要："Your compassion has never wavered and your strength has helped carry us forward."

"Your compassion has never wavered and your strength has helped carry us forward."

The families who were targeted, many of them relatively new to Northern Ireland, have been left feeling terrified and terrorised.The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has branded the violence "racist thuggery", and pointed to a "mob mentality" fuelled by social media.

People do not become racists overnight.It seems those involved had been waiting for an opportunity to vent their hatred.The rioting broke out after a planned peaceful protest on Monday evening, in response to an alleged serious sexual assault in the County Antrim town on Saturday evening.

Racist graffiti appeared in the town on Sunday night.and confirmed their names and ages through a Romanian interpreter. The two 14-year-olds denied the charges against them.

By Monday afternoon, a social media post advertising a planned protest at 7.30pm that evening had been widely circulated.

Several thousand people turned up at a place known locally as Ken's car park.Its first project is short film Big Man, directed by Oscar-winning film-maker Aneil Karia, known for projects including The Long Goodbye and Surge.

It'll be released on YouTube on 18 June and stars Stormzy as a former rap star navigating an uncertain new chapter.The film, produced with Apple, marks the first time the London rapper has acted in a lead role.

On the poster for the short, he is credited as Michael "Stormzy" Omari - mixing his real name with his more famous alter-ego."It captures the joy, the spirit and the fearless energy of youth and I hope it inspires you to dream big," he said, as he announced the project.