Petrol bomb injures youth

A 17-year-old youth was treated for superficial burns to his feet after a petrol-bomb attack on a house in the Greencastle area…

A 17-year-old youth was treated for superficial burns to his feet after a petrol-bomb attack on a house in the Greencastle area of north Belfast at the weekend. The device was hurled through the front bedroom window of a house in Graymount Drive, off the Shore Road. The area is mixed, and a sectarian motive has not been ruled out.

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