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Man arrested after alleged racist incident, Minster-on-Sea

18:00, 30 June 2017

updated: 18:22, 30 June 2017

A man has been arrested after an alleged racist attack in a shop.

Officers were called to a shop at The Broadway in Minster-on-Sea on Wednesday, May 31 at 6.45am.

The shopworker reported working in the shop, when a man in his 20s became verbally aggressive and shouted racist abuse.

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The police are treating it as a racially aggravated public order offence.

They previously released a CCTV image as part of the appeal to find him.

A 26-year-old man from Sheerness has since been arrested and released pending further enquiries.

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