03/07/2024

Appeal Following Arson Attack In North Belfast

PSNI detectives have issued an appeal for information and witnesses following a report of a fire at a property in north Belfast on the evening of Tuesday 2nd July.

At approximately 10.10pm police received a report that four masked men had broken a window and thrown a petrol bomb inside a flat in the Cliftonpark Avenue area.

Police officers and the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service attended and the fire was extinguished.
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Detective Sergeant McAllister: "Luckily no one was in the property at the time.

"We are treating this as arson with intent to endanger life and I am appealing to anyone who may have witnessed the attack or to anyone with CCTV or other footage that could assist enquiries to contact police quoting reference 1946 of 02/07/24."

Alternatively, you can submit a report online using the non-emergency reporting form via www.psni.police.uk/makeareport/


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