03/09/2007

Car Damaged In Derry Petrol Bomb Attack

A car has been severely damaged in a petrol bomb attack in Derry early on Monday morning.

The vehicle was parked outside a house at Saint Ethna’s Park in the Hazelbank area of the city when the device was thrown in the early hours of this morning.

Fire and rescue crews managed to stop the blaze before it spread to the house and it is understood that a number of cars were damaged in attacks in the city last night.

(SB/SP)

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