RUC rules out sectarian motive

A pipe-bomb has exploded in the loyalist Carnany estate in Ballymoney, Co Antrim, where three young brothers died in 1998 following…

A pipe-bomb has exploded in the loyalist Carnany estate in Ballymoney, Co Antrim, where three young brothers died in 1998 following a petrol bomb attack on their home. A woman, her boyfriend, a 16-year-old boy and a baby were in the house when the device exploded at 4 a.m. on Saturday damaging a car and a fence. Detectives have ruled out a sectarian motive.

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