08/10/2003

North Belfast homes targeted in separate attacks

Police in north Belfast are appealing for information after two houses were damaged by pipe bombers and another daubed with paint in separate attacks last night.

At around 9.45pm, two houses on the Ardoyne Road sustained exterior damage after pipe bombs were thrown.

Meanwhile, in the nearby loyalist Woodvale area paint was thrown at a house and a mural.

A bottle filled with paint was thrown through the window of the house in Ohio Street, while paint was also thrown on the nearby mural.

No one was injured during either incident.

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