Pipe-bomb attack in Co Antrim

Loyalist paramilitaries have been blamed for a pipebomb attack on a Catholic couple and their three children in Armoy, Co Antrim…

Loyalist paramilitaries have been blamed for a pipebomb attack on a Catholic couple and their three children in Armoy, Co Antrim. The family was lucky to escape uninjured after two devices were hurled at their house in Turnarobert Park yesterday in the early hours.

One of the bombs exploded in the backyard, while a second failed to detonate.

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