SF councillor's home attacked

Loyalists are believed responsible for an attack on the home of Sinn Fein councillor, Mr Francis Molloy, at the weekend

Loyalists are believed responsible for an attack on the home of Sinn Fein councillor, Mr Francis Molloy, at the weekend. Bottles and stones were thrown at the house in Moy, Co Tyrone, and a window was broken. No one was injured.

Meanwhile, several fires in Protestant owned premises in Strabane, Co Tyrone, over the weekend are being treated as malicious.

In Belfast, two men and two young boys were attacked by a masked gang who broke into a house at Newtownabbey on Saturday.

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