An Orange Lodge Hall in Northern Ireland was partially demolished today when a mechanical digger was driven through a wall.
A 12 foot by 12 foot hole was left in the gable wall of the Moree Orange hall near Pomeroy in Co Tyrone following the early morning attack. Extensive damage was also done to the building's roof.
Police investigating the incident described the attack as a "deliberate act of destruction".
The incident was reported to police shortly before 6 a.m. and a forensic examination is to be carried out later.
A spokesman for Moree Orange Hall said the building had been attacked numerous times in the past. "This Orange hall has only been rebuilt in 1999 after completely being burnt on July 13, 1997, in an arson attack," he said.
"In the previous times, there have been about six attacks on this hall - arson, stone throwing, minor attacks, major attacks".
PA