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16/07/2001
CATHOLICS TARGETED IN SERIES OF INCENDIARY ATTACKS
LOYALISTS have been blamed for a petrol bomb attack on the home of a catholic pensioner in the Short Strand area of East Belfast.
The incident, which occurred at around 1am on Monday, 16 July, saw several homes on Stand Walk damaged following the throwing of incendiary devices at the houses. William Dougan, who was at home at the time, said that he believed that the attackers had meant to kill both him and his son. The 62-year-old man blamed loyalists for a series of disturbances in the area, and said that he had been the target of sectarian violence for almost 12 years.
Sinn Fein councillor Joe O'Donnell also described the attack as forming part of an orchestrated campaign by loyalists. Police say a quantity of petrol bombs have been recovered close to the site of the attack, and a man has been arrested in connection with the incident.
Meanwhile, a Catholic family in Armoy, Country Antrim, have escaped serious injury in a double pipe bomb attack early on Sunday morning. One device exploded in the back yard while another was hurled through the kitchen window of the home, on Turnarobert Park. However, the second device failed to detonate. The family of nine say they have no idea why their home was targeted, although it is thought that the exposed location of the rear of their house made it an easy target in the mainly Protestant town. (CL)
The incident, which occurred at around 1am on Monday, 16 July, saw several homes on Stand Walk damaged following the throwing of incendiary devices at the houses. William Dougan, who was at home at the time, said that he believed that the attackers had meant to kill both him and his son. The 62-year-old man blamed loyalists for a series of disturbances in the area, and said that he had been the target of sectarian violence for almost 12 years.
Sinn Fein councillor Joe O'Donnell also described the attack as forming part of an orchestrated campaign by loyalists. Police say a quantity of petrol bombs have been recovered close to the site of the attack, and a man has been arrested in connection with the incident.
Meanwhile, a Catholic family in Armoy, Country Antrim, have escaped serious injury in a double pipe bomb attack early on Sunday morning. One device exploded in the back yard while another was hurled through the kitchen window of the home, on Turnarobert Park. However, the second device failed to detonate. The family of nine say they have no idea why their home was targeted, although it is thought that the exposed location of the rear of their house made it an easy target in the mainly Protestant town. (CL)
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