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Police attend local play park after report of children being approached

PSNI police car

Police in Ballymena have attended an incident on Sunday afternoon (22 September) after it was reported that a man approached two children at a local play park.


A warning was publicly shared on social media by a parent who said two children were recorded by a man with a camera before he approached them, asking them if they wanted to play, at a play park on the Crebilly Road area of Ballykeel.



The parent shared:


"Ballykeel parents beware. Two children at the park playing when they were being watched by a man with his camera on and then approached and ask if they wanted to play.


"Children had the sense to go straight home. Shaken."



A spokesperson for the Police Service of Northern Ireland commented:


"Police received a report of a suspected suspicious approach in the Crebilly Road area of Ballykeel on Sunday afternoon, 22nd September.


"Officers attended, appropriate enquiries were conducted, and no offences were detected."

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