20/08/2003

Six people escape injury in gun attack

Six people have escaped injury after shots were fired at a house in Co Antrim last night.

A couple, their three children and a family friend were in the house in Frosses Road, Ballymoney when the shots were fired through a ground floor bedroom window at around 11.30pm on Tuesday.

A hall window was also hit by the shots while another window was broken by an iron bar.

A man who was arrested in connection with the incident has now been released.

Police have appealed for anyone with information to contact them.

They do not believe the attack was sectarian.

(MB)

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