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2003, 17:41 GMT 18:41 UK Tourists say abuse was racial Chinese
restaurant, south Belfast The tourists were attacked outside
this restaurant in south Belfast A group of English tourists,
some of them black, have been the victims of a racist attack
during a night out in Belfast.  The incident happened outside a
Chinese restaurant in the Donegall Pass area of south Belfast.
The police were called to the scene and were engaged in a short
stand off with a small crowd.  The group of tourists said
bottles and stones were thrown.  The police said they were not
ruling out a racial motive but have described the incident as
"minor".  One youth was arrested for disorderly conduct and
criminal damage but was later released.  Ivan Broadbent, from
London, who was part of the group, said the attack was
unprovoked.  "The abuse just started with bottles being thrown
and stones begin thrown," he said.  "The