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07/11/2005
Pipe bomb attack on Ballymena family home
A Ballymena family have escaped injury following a pipe bomb attack on their home.
The house in the Dunvale area of Ballymena was attacked at around 1.30am on Monday morning.
A mother, her 22-year-old son, and her 17-year-old daughter were uninjured in the second attack on the house in side five weeks.
The door of the property was seriously damaged in the blast that also caused damage to the interior of the house.
Police said that a motive for the attack had not been established, and appealed for anyone with information on the attacks to contact detectives in Ballymena.
Local politicians have condemned the attack on the family.
Elsewhere in Ballymena a fire at the town's Lantara estate is being treated as suspicious.
A house which was unoccupied at the time of the fire was badly damaged in the blaze.
The cause of the fire is being investigated.
(SP/GB)
The house in the Dunvale area of Ballymena was attacked at around 1.30am on Monday morning.
A mother, her 22-year-old son, and her 17-year-old daughter were uninjured in the second attack on the house in side five weeks.
The door of the property was seriously damaged in the blast that also caused damage to the interior of the house.
Police said that a motive for the attack had not been established, and appealed for anyone with information on the attacks to contact detectives in Ballymena.
Local politicians have condemned the attack on the family.
Elsewhere in Ballymena a fire at the town's Lantara estate is being treated as suspicious.
A house which was unoccupied at the time of the fire was badly damaged in the blaze.
The cause of the fire is being investigated.
(SP/GB)
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