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05/10/2005
Women escape injury in Orange Hall attack
A group of women have escaped injury during a petrol bomb attack on an Orange Hall in north Belfast on Tuesday.
Shortly after 9pm, a device was thrown at the building on the Whitewell Road, however it landed on a grassed area and burned out.
A number of items have been removed from the scene for further examination.
Elsewhere overnight, a house was targeted in a petrol bomb attack in Co Armagh.
Shortly after 9.30pm, five men armed with baseball bats approached the house in the Hillside avenue area of Hamiltonsbawn. The door and front windows of the property were smashed and a petrol bomb thrown into the living room, which subsequently ignited.
Four adults were in the house at the time of the attack and one 23-year-old man has been taken to hospital to be treated for superficial burns to his face and neck that were sustained whilst he was trying to tackle the fire. No one else was injured.
A motive for the attack has not yet been established however detectives are appealing for anyone who may have witnessed the incident, or who may have seen a dark coloured car with five men on board in the area around the time of the attack, to come forward.
Witnesses with any other information on either incident is asked to contact detectives on 028 9065 0222 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.
(MB/SP)
Shortly after 9pm, a device was thrown at the building on the Whitewell Road, however it landed on a grassed area and burned out.
A number of items have been removed from the scene for further examination.
Elsewhere overnight, a house was targeted in a petrol bomb attack in Co Armagh.
Shortly after 9.30pm, five men armed with baseball bats approached the house in the Hillside avenue area of Hamiltonsbawn. The door and front windows of the property were smashed and a petrol bomb thrown into the living room, which subsequently ignited.
Four adults were in the house at the time of the attack and one 23-year-old man has been taken to hospital to be treated for superficial burns to his face and neck that were sustained whilst he was trying to tackle the fire. No one else was injured.
A motive for the attack has not yet been established however detectives are appealing for anyone who may have witnessed the incident, or who may have seen a dark coloured car with five men on board in the area around the time of the attack, to come forward.
Witnesses with any other information on either incident is asked to contact detectives on 028 9065 0222 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.
(MB/SP)
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