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07/02/2018
Delivery Driver's Car Set On Fire In Co Down
Police have launched an investigation after a delivery driver's car was set on fire while he was sitting in the vehicle in Co Down.
The man, aged in his 40s, was delivering food to a house in Fairfield Place in Newtownards when the attack happened at around 10.45pm on Tuesday, 06 February.
Two men approached his car and used a flammable liquid to set it alight.
The victim was not injured, however his car was badly damaged.
Police are treating the attack as attempted murder and are appealing for anyone with information to contact them.
(CD/LM)
The man, aged in his 40s, was delivering food to a house in Fairfield Place in Newtownards when the attack happened at around 10.45pm on Tuesday, 06 February.
Two men approached his car and used a flammable liquid to set it alight.
The victim was not injured, however his car was badly damaged.
Police are treating the attack as attempted murder and are appealing for anyone with information to contact them.
(CD/LM)
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