Farmer left fearing for his life after arsonists target him and his Filipino tenants in ‘racist hate campaign’

A farmer and the host in Ballymena were afraid of his life after he targeted him and the Kundakçılar himself and his tenants ‘Hate Campaign’.

Sam Carson spoke on Sunday after a series of cars were set on fire and destroyed a racist attack. The police objected for information.

Ballymena was subjected to racist violence for a few nights in the early summer after the claim of a girl’s sexual assault by Romanian young people.

The weekend occurred in the Lisnevenagh road area and became the last of a series of racist crimes in Northern Ireland.

A police spokesman said: ‘We reported that six vehicles were wrong and destroyed at 10.10.

“Our questions continue and we are now considering this as a racial element of hatred racially motivated.

“ We are applying for anyone who can have any information that can help us.

‘The number to be searched is 101 and the reference number is 1473 31/08/25.’

Mr. Carson said to the PA news agency: ‘I was warned by a tenant running in a panic situation we were under the attack.

Ballymena was subjected to racist violence for several nights in summer. The weekend occurred in the Lisnevenagh road area and became the last of a series of racist crimes in Northern Ireland

Sam Carson (in the picture) spoke after a series of cars were set on fire and destroyed in a racist attack on Sunday. Police appealed for information

On Sunday, Ballymena looks at the burnt ruins after cars were set on fire in Co Anim

One of the vehicles that were set and destroyed in Ballymena on Sunday, Co Anim

“ I wasn’t sure what he meant, but when I got out, I found the vehicles burned, six vehicles were burning.

“ There was a wonderful pandemonium and panic because we didn’t know the house burned, we didn’t know what happened. It was just chaos.

“ We were sure that we were attacked by the tenants living in the property, they are foreign national tenants from the Philippines.

They have been here for two and a half years with “ visas.

‘They pay taxes and live here. We are in a peaceful environment and we do not expect anything. ‘

Mr. Carson said that an online campaign aiming at himself and his tenants began in June after the allegations that a girl’s sexual assault was claimed by Romanian young people.

The sexual assault in Ballymena led to protests that saw that violence had been arrested and fifteen rebellions were arrested and 41 police officers were wounded.

Mr. Carson said, ‘This has been a hate campaign against me and my tenants.

Mr Carson, PA news agency said: ‘Sunday evening in a panic situation, he said we were attacked by a tenant’ he said.

Mr. Carson said that an online campaign aimed at herself and her tenants started in June after the uprising.

Uup Mla Jon Burrows said: ‘This was an embarrassing attack on the laws and hardworking people who have made significant contributions to the local economy’

The first article was in June. He said he was a man who brought illegal immigrants, that he was a completely wrong dream claim.

“ These posts continued and then we had a task that called me. Then there was an article that told me where I and my tenants lived. ‘

‘We are peaceful here, we have never had any problems until Sunday night.

‘Came as a big shock. We see this as a threat to our lives. ‘

One of the tenants who do not want to take the name PA’ya, roommates knocked on the doors of the Sunday night, where they slept on Sunday night, he said.

“I thought the house was burning, there was a fire in the house, but I went out and saw the cars burned, the fire looks higher than the car,” he said.

“ We panicked, we saw the fire extinguisher in our house, our roommate extinguished the fire.

Fifteen rebellions were arrested and 41 police officers were injured by Romanian young people after the allegation of a girl’s sexual assault after the unrest in Northern Ireland. In the Picture: Ballymen, while the rebellion continues in Northern Ireland, the fire burns next to a demonstrator, 11 June 2025

One of the tenants who did not want to give their name told PA that they slept on Sunday night, where their roommates knocked on their doors and talked about fire.

‘I thought the house was burning, there was a fire in the house, but I went out and saw the cars burned, they looked higher than the fire from the house’ they said

In the picture: a car destroyed in Ballymena, Co Anim

‘We were scared if the car explosion.’

They continued: ‘We live here in peace. We don’t know why they attacked us.

I love living here, the people here are very kind people.

‘I came to work here. We pay taxes, our goal here is to go to work to get a better future for our family. ‘

Sinn Fein Mla Philip McGuigan described the event as ‘absolutely ugly’.

He said: ‘This is a continuation of embarrassing, bad and understandable racist attacks flying against the majority of people and communities that meet and embrace diversity.

‘This racist attack should be condemned by everyone with the most powerful terms, we must stop together and show strong leadership.

‘Racism has no place in this community, and I would address everyone who had information about this attack to bring to the police.’

Uup Mla Jon Burrows said: ‘This was an embarrassing attack on the hard -working people who comply with the laws that made a significant contribution to the local economy.’

Fireworks thrown to the Riot police enter the road during a Thrid Night consisting of anti -immigrant demonstrations in Ballymens, Northern Ireland on 11 June 2025

He said he wanted additional police patrols to ‘secure the local community and to deterd more attacks’ in the region.

Mr. Carson added: ‘We are peaceful here, we have never had any problems until Sunday night. ‘Came as a big shock. We see this as a threat to our lives’

Authorized, ‘to secure the local community and to deterd more attacks’ to’ additional police patrols, he said.

Northern Anatolian Deputy Jim Allister said it was ‘an extremely dangerous and sad event’.

The authority added: ‘The tenants were deliberately burning while the tenants were in, tragicly a situation that could result in serious injuries or worse.

You don’t say what might happen after a car is set on fire.

“ The fire was quite separate from the destruction of the vehicle, the fire could easily spread.

It is also important to emphasize that this is not an illegal cases of immigration.

‘These individuals came to Northern Ireland to work and get business.

‘They are legally here and contribute to the local economy.’