Shots fired at Antrim home

A Co Antrim man has said he believes a gun attack on his home was an attempt to kill his family

A Co Antrim man has said he believes a gun attack on his home was an attempt to kill his family. Mr Charles Agnew, his pregnant partner Angela and four children, aged five to 13, escaped injury in the attack on the house in Ballymena shortly after midnight yesterday. The family was watching television when two shots were fired through the kitchen window.

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