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01/08/2011
Children In House As Rapists Attack
It has emerged that three children were in a house in Co Armagh as their mother was raped by two masked men on Thursday.
The men entered a house in the Drumbeg South, Monbrief area of Craigavon shortly after 10pm and sexually assaulted the mother, who was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment after the incident.
It is believed her children, aged three, two and seven months, were in the house at the time of the attack.
The North's police said that the first male, who spoke with a local accent, is described as being 6'6", of thin build and with large brown eyes.
The second man was 5ft 10in tall, stout and spoke with a local accent. He was wearing dark clothing and a balaclava pulled down over his face with eyeholes cut out. Police have appealed for anyone with information about the assault to contact them.
Meanwhil, also in the North, a pipe bomb was discovered on Saturday close to Annalcoy, Co Down with local people forced to leave their homes after a suspicious object was found.
British Army bomb experts carried out a controlled explosion and confirmed it was a pipe bomb.
Also over the weekend, detectives in Co Antrim are appealing for information after a suspicious object was found at the Blackstown Road, Crumlin area on Friday, shortly after 8.10pm.
It was reported that a firearm and ammunition was discovered wrapped in bed linen close to a house in the area.
Army bomb disposal officers were tasked and the weapon was taken away for further forensic examinations.
(BMcC/GK)
The men entered a house in the Drumbeg South, Monbrief area of Craigavon shortly after 10pm and sexually assaulted the mother, who was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment after the incident.
It is believed her children, aged three, two and seven months, were in the house at the time of the attack.
The North's police said that the first male, who spoke with a local accent, is described as being 6'6", of thin build and with large brown eyes.
The second man was 5ft 10in tall, stout and spoke with a local accent. He was wearing dark clothing and a balaclava pulled down over his face with eyeholes cut out. Police have appealed for anyone with information about the assault to contact them.
Meanwhil, also in the North, a pipe bomb was discovered on Saturday close to Annalcoy, Co Down with local people forced to leave their homes after a suspicious object was found.
British Army bomb experts carried out a controlled explosion and confirmed it was a pipe bomb.
Also over the weekend, detectives in Co Antrim are appealing for information after a suspicious object was found at the Blackstown Road, Crumlin area on Friday, shortly after 8.10pm.
It was reported that a firearm and ammunition was discovered wrapped in bed linen close to a house in the area.
Army bomb disposal officers were tasked and the weapon was taken away for further forensic examinations.
(BMcC/GK)
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