Spike in arson attacks on 5G masts affects thousands of people ‘

The police is engaged in “active patrol” at locations of the 5G network mast so that “provide more protection” around these sites after arson attacks in West Belfast.

The sixth arson attack on 5G towers in three weeks was reported on Monday.

Since June 2023, 16 arson attacks on 5G towers occurred at West Belfast, with the most recent attack near Rathkole Estate in Newtownbabby, reaching a total of 17.

Sin Fen Counselor, and lifelong West Belfast resident, Ronan McLaglin said the attacks are being run by “dangerous conspiracy theory online”.

McLaglin West is important for police response to Belfast events.

He said that there was “a group of attacks” in the last three weeks and “he did not see an arrest”.

PSNI “needs to do much better”, he said.

“You can see that most of the masts are burnt, which are in the Colin area, I hope it is a small minority of individuals.”

PSNI stated that local neighborhood policing teams “are actively engaged with communities in the region and have increased police visibility around the affected areas”.

It states that the spies were investigating several lines and “committed to identify those responsible people and to judge them”.

A recent survey conducted by Sin Fen MP Paul Masci found that out of 2,602 people who responded, 87% described the phone signal in West Belfast as poor or very poor, only 3% said it was good or excellent.

Paul Dohrti, Deputy Mayor of Belfast from Social Democratic and Labor Party (SDLP), said that this type of digital infrastructure is “the key to everyday life” and “affecting thousands of people”.

He told BBC News NI that the lack of phone signal, especially in West Belfast, is having a serious impact on “elderly and weak people”, who may fall on themselves or seriously ill, but “are not able to take phones for emergency services”.

“The fact is that CCTV cameras, dashakam footage, translink cameras take these parts of the road up and down and we have not seen any evidence and there is no arrest, as a result people are very disappointed.”

5G mast or network towers carry signals for internet phone network connectivity.

While the direct motive of the recent attacks has not been identified by the police, both McLaglin and Doharry cited the proliferation of “dangerous misinformation” and “principles of conspiracy”.

Cornerstone, firms responsible for maintaining physical masts that provide signal to network providers, Was told earlier BBC News Ni knew that some people were concerned about mobile phone base stations.

“The strong consent of expert groups and public health agencies such as World Health Organizations and public health agencies is that no health risks have been installed due to exposure to the lower level radio signals used by these base stations,” Cornsteon said.

talking to Nolan show on TuesdayDr. Simon Clarke, Associate Professor at Cellular Microbiology at the University of Reading, said, “There is absolutely no evidence from any proper controlled study that the use of any mobile phone technology of any type is a risk”.

He said, “5G masts emit low doses of radiation” but “Just not enough to cause any problem”, he said.

PSNI DET Insply Insply Mcanee said the police was taking the issue very seriously in West Belfast.

PSNI stated that it was important that companies that owners and operate the masts take “active steps to secure their infrastructure and commercial property”.

“The hospitals that are affected are facing communication difficulties in contacting patients and managing important on-call arrangements, and public members are especially those who are weak-are being abandoned in a situation where they are unable to create an emergency call or contact family.”

They are appealing to the members of the public to come forward with any information.