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28/01/2003
Petrol bombs thrown at family home
Police are treating a petrol-bomb attack at a home in Co Antrim last night as a sectarian incident.
At around 10.45pm, two petrol bombs were thrown at a house in the Ashley Park area of Dunmurray in south Belfast. A couple and their seven-year-old and 10-month-old children were in the house at the time but they were not injured in the incident. Minor damage was caused to the front door and a garage door.
Police condemned the attack as "something that could have had tragic consequences for the family".
Anyone who has information on the attack should contact police.
(GMcG)
At around 10.45pm, two petrol bombs were thrown at a house in the Ashley Park area of Dunmurray in south Belfast. A couple and their seven-year-old and 10-month-old children were in the house at the time but they were not injured in the incident. Minor damage was caused to the front door and a garage door.
Police condemned the attack as "something that could have had tragic consequences for the family".
Anyone who has information on the attack should contact police.
(GMcG)
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