Police in Northern Ireland have issued a warning to ethnic minority groups of threats to attack them on the anniversary of September 11th.
The PSNI said in a statement last night they had received uncorroborated information about possible attacks by loyalist paramilitaries.
Loyalists have been blamed for a large number of racist attacks in south Belfast and elsewhere around the North.
Mr David Ervine, the leader of the Progressive Unionist Party, which is aligned with the Ulster Volunteer Force, said he was concerned by the threats.
A spokeswoman for the Chinese Welfare Association, Ms Anna Lo, described the threats as worrying.
"This is absolutely ridiculous to associate us or any other minority ethnic groups with 9/11," she told the BBC. "The people who issued these threats are looking for excuses to frighten ethnic minority groups and this is totally unacceptable."
Sinn Féin's South Belfast MLA Mr Alex Maskey said there has been a "sustained and organised campaign of violence and intimidation" against members of ethnic minorities in the North.
"A message must be sent to those carrying out racist attacks that their behaviour is unacceptable and unwanted," Mr Maskey said.