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02/09/2002
North Belfast school targeted by arsonists
A school in north Belfast has been damaged in an arson attack on Sunday.
The fire, at Our Lady of Mercy School on the Crumlin Road, took hold in a classroom after a window was smashed.
The fire is the latest in a number of similar incidents at schools in the north of the city.
Only last week £10,000 worth of damage was done to Castle High School in Fortwilliam Park after around 200 windows were broken. This also followed an arson attack at Dominican College a short distance away earlier in the week.
In a separate incident on Sunday, a house was damaged after a number of petrol bombs were thrown into Glenbryn Park in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast.
The roof of the house was set on fire as a result of the attack. Police said the devices were thrown from the nationalist Alliance Avenue area.
(MB)
The fire, at Our Lady of Mercy School on the Crumlin Road, took hold in a classroom after a window was smashed.
The fire is the latest in a number of similar incidents at schools in the north of the city.
Only last week £10,000 worth of damage was done to Castle High School in Fortwilliam Park after around 200 windows were broken. This also followed an arson attack at Dominican College a short distance away earlier in the week.
In a separate incident on Sunday, a house was damaged after a number of petrol bombs were thrown into Glenbryn Park in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast.
The roof of the house was set on fire as a result of the attack. Police said the devices were thrown from the nationalist Alliance Avenue area.
(MB)
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