02/08/2005

House targeted in petrol bomb attack

Police are appealing formation following a petrol bomb attack on the outskirts of Lisburn on Tuesday.

A device was thrown at the front door of the house at Redwood in Dunmurry, close to the loyalist Seymour Hill estate, at around 1.30am.

Neighbours raised the alarm when they heard breaking glass and then saw the fire.

One man who was inside the property at the time of the attack avoided injury by escaping through the back door.

A motive for the attack, which caused minor scorch damage to the house, is unknown at present.

(MB/SP)

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