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28/09/2005
Family escape injury in petrol bomb attack
A family have escaped injury following a petrol bomb attack on their home in Co Antrim early this morning.
Police called to the house at Dunvale in Ballymena at around 12.30am discovered two petrol bombs had been thrown at the property.
One device struck a wall close to a bathroom window causing minor scorch damage and the other struck a garden shed and also ignited causing minor scorch damage.
The other was at home at the time with her 22-year-old son and 17-year-old daughter. They were uninjured although badly shaken by incident.
A motive for the attack has yet to be established.
Police at Ballymena are keen to hear from anyone who was in the Dunclug area at the time of the incident to contact them on 028 2565 3355 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
(MB/SP)
Police called to the house at Dunvale in Ballymena at around 12.30am discovered two petrol bombs had been thrown at the property.
One device struck a wall close to a bathroom window causing minor scorch damage and the other struck a garden shed and also ignited causing minor scorch damage.
The other was at home at the time with her 22-year-old son and 17-year-old daughter. They were uninjured although badly shaken by incident.
A motive for the attack has yet to be established.
Police at Ballymena are keen to hear from anyone who was in the Dunclug area at the time of the incident to contact them on 028 2565 3355 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
(MB/SP)
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