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20/03/2003
Family escape injury in petrol bomb attack
A family has escaped injury after a petrol bomb was thrown at their home in Co Antrim last night.
At around 11.55pm, a petrol bomb struck the rear of the family home on Drumahoe Road, in the Millbrook area of Larne. The petrol bomb, which struck close to an upper bedroom window, ignited causing scorch damage.
A man and his three children were at home at the time of the attack.
A second device was also thrown at a vacant house nearby but ignited in a flowerpot, with no damage to the house.
A number of items recovered from the scene have been taken away for forensic examination.
Police have appealed for anyone with information to come forward.
(GMcG)
At around 11.55pm, a petrol bomb struck the rear of the family home on Drumahoe Road, in the Millbrook area of Larne. The petrol bomb, which struck close to an upper bedroom window, ignited causing scorch damage.
A man and his three children were at home at the time of the attack.
A second device was also thrown at a vacant house nearby but ignited in a flowerpot, with no damage to the house.
A number of items recovered from the scene have been taken away for forensic examination.
Police have appealed for anyone with information to come forward.
(GMcG)
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