A LOCAL councillor has hit out at anti-NHS graffiti after it was daubed on a wall on the Antrim Road in North Belfast.

The graffiti, which stated 'NHS Genocide is a crime' was accompanied by a Swastika logo.

Oldpark DUP councillor Dale Pankhurst said: "This is appalling anti-NHS graffiti on the Antrim Road.

"It is impossible to comprehend how anyone could compare a health service saving thousands of lives to the genocide committed by the Nazi regime. It is a  sickening and disgusting comparison.

"I have asked Council to remove this obnoxious graffiti as soon as possible."