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03/09/2003
Family escape injury in bomb attack
A couple and their two children have escaped injury following a bomb attack at their home in west Belfast this morning.
Zoe McQuade, 22, her boyfriend, her five-year-old son and one-year-old baby were asleep upstairs when the device was thrown at the front of their Highfield estate home at around 5.20am on Wednesday.
When Ms McQuade went to investigate she found her front door and window smashed while nails were strewn across the street.
Police have yet to establish a motive for the attack.
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Zoe McQuade, 22, her boyfriend, her five-year-old son and one-year-old baby were asleep upstairs when the device was thrown at the front of their Highfield estate home at around 5.20am on Wednesday.
When Ms McQuade went to investigate she found her front door and window smashed while nails were strewn across the street.
Police have yet to establish a motive for the attack.
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