09/09/2003

Pipe bomb attack on Armagh home

Police are appealing for information following a pipe bomb attack at a house in Co Armagh early this morning.

The exploding device caused scorch damage to the front window sill of the home in the Faugh-a-Ballath area of Armagh City at around 1.30am. No one was injured in the attack.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police in Armagh on 028 3752 3311.

Elsewhere, a man has been shot in a paramilitary-style attack in east Belfast last night. The man suffered gun shot wounds to both ankles and elbows during the attack off Beechfield Street on Monday evening.

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