Two arrested over petrol bomb attack

Police investigating a petrol bomb attack on a house in west Belfast this week which left a 19-year-old man in critical condition…

Police investigating a petrol bomb attack on a house in west Belfast this week which left a 19-year-old man in critical condition have arrested two youths.

The injured man suffered burns when he tried to help a woman in the house - one of three people in the house at the time of the attack.

The PSNI said the attack is associated with an ongoing feud involving two well-known local families.

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