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04/10/2005
Mother and son escape injury in petrol bomb attack
A mother and son have escaped injury in a petrol bomb attack at their home in south Belfast overnight.
Two devices were thrown through the living room window of their house in Laurelgrove Dale, Castlereagh, shortly after midnight. Both failed to ignite however scorch damage was caused to the front of the property.
Detectives have appealed for information and want anyone who may have seen a light-coloured car in the area prior to the attack to contact them.
Elsewhere, police are appealing for information after a 15-year-old girl claimed she was sexually assaulted in west Belfast last month.
The attack is said to have occurred on 23 September however the victim has only now confided in a relative about what happened.
She said she was grabbed from behind by a man close to St Louise's school on the Glen Road and indecently assaulted. A struggle then ensued and the girl was dragged into the grounds of Glen Mona Resource centre where she was raped.
The assailant is described as being in his 30s, of chubby build with dark hair. He had a distinctive short, bushy moustache, bushy eyebrows and two dents either side of his nose. His right ear was also pierced.
Anyone with information is asked to contact detectives on 028 9065 0222 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.
(MB/SP)
Two devices were thrown through the living room window of their house in Laurelgrove Dale, Castlereagh, shortly after midnight. Both failed to ignite however scorch damage was caused to the front of the property.
Detectives have appealed for information and want anyone who may have seen a light-coloured car in the area prior to the attack to contact them.
Elsewhere, police are appealing for information after a 15-year-old girl claimed she was sexually assaulted in west Belfast last month.
The attack is said to have occurred on 23 September however the victim has only now confided in a relative about what happened.
She said she was grabbed from behind by a man close to St Louise's school on the Glen Road and indecently assaulted. A struggle then ensued and the girl was dragged into the grounds of Glen Mona Resource centre where she was raped.
The assailant is described as being in his 30s, of chubby build with dark hair. He had a distinctive short, bushy moustache, bushy eyebrows and two dents either side of his nose. His right ear was also pierced.
Anyone with information is asked to contact detectives on 028 9065 0222 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.
(MB/SP)
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