Petrol bomb thrown at house

A petrol bomb was thrown at a Protestant-owned house in west Belfast yesterday

A petrol bomb was thrown at a Protestant-owned house in west Belfast yesterday. A crowd of youths threw the device at a house in Ainsworth Avenue, causing scorch damage to the front door. No one was injured.

The Workers' Party condemned it as a "blatant sectarian attempt to intimidate and murder"

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