27/03/2003

Shots fired at Co Londonderry home

A house and car have come under a shotgun attack in Co Londonderry early this morning.

Two shots were fired, one through the front of the house and the other at the vehicle, outside in the village of Claudy at around 3am. A couple and their three sons were sleeping inside at the time, however no-one was injured.

Police do not believe the attack was sectarian.

Elsewhere, in Londonderry itself, a newly renovated home has been attacked by arsonists. Petrol was sprinkled inside the house at Cornshell Fields before being set alight. There was no-one in the house at the time.

(MB)

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