09/03/2006

Youth arrested in connection with attempted murder

Police have arrested a 14-year-old male on suspicion of attempted murder.

The arrest was made earlier this morning and is believed to be in connection with a petrol bomb attack on a home in the Ballymurphy area of west Belfast on Wednesday.

Two women and three children escaped from the blaze at the house on Whitecliff Parade, which was attacked in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

(EF/SP)

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