A Catholic family in north Belfast has escaped injury in a loyalist pipe-bomb attack.
The device was thrown through the window of their home in Upper Meadow Street, in the New Lodge area, yesterday. It exploded in the living room, causing extensive damage. The couple and their three children were not injured.
The Sinn Fein president, Mr Gerry Adams, said it was only a matter of time before somebody was killed by a loyalist bomb.
The SDLP Assembly member for north Belfast, Mr Alban Maginness, said it was the work of the UDA and accused the paramilitary group of trying to destabilise the area.
Two people have been hurt in a pipe-bomb attack in Newcastle, Co Down. A 24-year-old woman and a 25-year-old man received minor leg injuries in the blast yesterday.
It is understood the device went off as the pair approached their car which was parked at the rear of a house at Ballaghbeg Park. The two were visiting the house and it is believed the device was left on their car.
An SDLP Assembly member, Mr Eamonn O'Neill, condemned the attack which, he said, was intended to kill. He said local people were stunned. Both victims were discharged from hospital last night.
Meanwhile, loyalists are believed responsible for a pipebomb attack on a pub in Whitehead, Co Antrim. The device was thrown at the Whitecliff Inn, on Chester Avenue, on Friday night. It failed to explode.
Alliance leader Mr Sean Neeson said: "This pub is very popular. It is used by people from all sections of the community. The loyalist thugs who carried out this act of madness are senseless cowards who have nothing to offer society."
The RUC has seized pipebomb parts during a search of derelict houses in the Antiville Estate in Larne, Co Antrim. Parts for 11 bombs were discovered by officers on Saturday night. A balaclava and surgical gloves were also found at the rear of a house in the Fairway area. No arrests were made.
One of four men charged in London with making a pipebomb is to make a second appearance in court today.
Mr Patrick Dunne (29) will appear at Bow Street Magistrates' Court after being ordered to spend the weekend in custody at Paddington Green police station. He and three other men, Mr Robert Lee (35), of Pinner, north-west London; Mr Patrick Gallagher (45), of Ealing, west London; and Mr Alan McGovern (32), of no fixed address, are all charged with making an explosive device.
The four were arrested after anti-terrorist officers raided a house in Ealing on Thursday and recovered potential bomb parts.
District judge Timothy Workman remanded Mr Lee, Mr McGovern and Mr Gallagher in custody to appear at Bow Street Magistrates' Court today. A fifth man arrested in connection with the incident has been given bail to return to a central London police station next month.