29/06/2001

POLICE TREAT BOMB ATTACKS AS SECTARIAN

POLICE are treating a nail bomb attack on a house in South Belfast just after midnight on June 29 as sectarian.

A woman sleeping upstairs escaped unharmed when the device was thrown through the living room window at Upper Dunmurry Lane. It exploded causing damage to the living room starting a fire. The woman is being treated for shock.

The police later found a car burned out at Seymour Hill. They are investigating a link between the Silver Peugeot 206 and the nail bomb attack. The car had been hijacked earlier in the evening and had a taxi sign on its roof.

In a separate incident in Londonderry, a pipe bomb exploded causing minor damage to the front door of a house at around 3.30am on June 29.

A man and two teenage children were in the house at Curlew Way when the device exploded in the front garden. The police are also treating this incident as sectarian.

(CD)

Related Northern Ireland News Stories
Click here for the latest headlines.

22 February 2024
Musical Heritage Takes Centre Stage At St Patrick's Day
Belfast's musical heritage will be celebrated in this year's St Patrick's Day programme, taking place across the city from 1-17 March.
26 February 2024
Appeal Issued After Spate Of Robberies In Coleraine
The PSNI have issued an appeal for information following a number of report of thefts in the Coleraine area. Police received a report that overnight on Friday, 24 February, someone had gained to a property in the Knockaduff Road area, taking away a scrambler motorbike and helmets.
09 April 2024
Drugs, Paraphernalia And Cash Seized In L'Derry Searches
Suspected Class B drugs with an estimated street value of £10,000 has been seized during a search operation in the Waterside are of L'Derry on Monday, 08 April. District Support Team (DST) officers made the seizures, assisted by Tactical Support Group colleagues, during two searches at addresses yesterday morning.
22 February 2024
Man Arrested In Connection With 1992 Police Officer Murder
A 59-year-old man has been arrested at Birmingham Airport in connection with a fatal mortar attack in Newry in 1992. The man was arrested on Wednesday, 21 February by detectives from PSNI's Legacy Investigation Branch, investigating the murder of Constable Colleen McMurray and the attempted murder of her colleague in 1992.
14 February 2024
Former City Centre Police Station To Become New 74-Bedroom Hotel
A former police station in Belfast city centre is to be redeveloped for a new 74-bedroom hotel. Belfast City Council's Planning Committee approved the development on Queen Street, along with granting Listed Building Consent to bring the building into use again.