THE recent fire attack on the Asian family in Accrington is appalling. I am shamed to be part of a community where a decent, law-abiding family can be terrorised in this way.

The media never tires of telling us that it is only a few sick individuals that spoil it for the rest of us. I would like to believe it, but it just isn't true.

Everyone is to blame. We do nothing -- evil goes unpunished and unchecked and is forgotten until the next time.

The whole community should write to give support and friendship to all victims of the mindless thugs in our midst.

I hope that the perpetrators of this attack will soon be called to account for it and taken out of society for a very long time.

They are like a cancer and, if allowed to flourish, will eventually destroy us. The police should be given every assistance by the public to enable them to bring these dreadful people to justice.

Name and address received.