Investigators are searching for a possible racial motivation in those cases.

The police and government officials of both nations have sought to play down the possibility of a racial motivation.

They were also investigating possible ties to white supremacist groups and other racial motivations.

He said he did not think racial motivation would "be hard to prove when it's there."

But racial motivation is one of the most difficult factors to measure in a poll.

"There are also some serious concerns raised whether there is a racial motivation in this."

He added that "there may have been racial motivations."

There is some evidence that racial motivations may also have played a part in this derecognition.

Among the aggravating factors was racial motivation in the commission of a serious offence.

Appellants do not take issue with the court's factual finding of this racial motivation.