14/09/2015
Man Left Badly Shaken Following Arson Attack
An object was set on fire and pushed through a letterbox in an arson attack in north Belfast.
Police are treating the incident, which happened at a flat in Castletown Avenue on Sunday evening, as an arson attack.
A man who was in the house at the time was left badly shaken.
Emergency fire crews extinguished the fire.
Police are appealing to anyone with information to contact them.
(CD)
Police are treating the incident, which happened at a flat in Castletown Avenue on Sunday evening, as an arson attack.
A man who was in the house at the time was left badly shaken.
Emergency fire crews extinguished the fire.
Police are appealing to anyone with information to contact them.
(CD)
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