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| Brick attack 'third within hours' | Brick attack 'third within hours' |
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| A County Down taxi driver is facing reconstructive surgery after a brick was thrown through his car window. | A County Down taxi driver is facing reconstructive surgery after a brick was thrown through his car window. |
| Jackie Anderson, from Newtownards, was driving along the Portaferry Road on Saturday when it is thought people in another car threw a brick. | Jackie Anderson, from Newtownards, was driving along the Portaferry Road on Saturday when it is thought people in another car threw a brick. |
| He suffered severe head and facial injuries, but is said to be stable. It was the third incident within hours. | He suffered severe head and facial injuries, but is said to be stable. It was the third incident within hours. |
| A family friend said he was lucky to be alive, but warned someone would be killed if the attacks did not stop. | |
| Stephen Griffin said: "The brick just went straight through, it hasn't bounced off the screen, so it must have been thrown at some force." | |
| He said the taxi driver would need to have his nose reconstructed. | |
| The brick was hurled through the windscreen of the taxi | |
| A family, which escaped injury in a similar attack a short time later, found Mr Anderson semi-conscious. | A family, which escaped injury in a similar attack a short time later, found Mr Anderson semi-conscious. |
| Dermot Gilmore was travelling home from the Odyssey in Belfast with his wife and his two young sons when a brick hit his bonnet and windscreen. | Dermot Gilmore was travelling home from the Odyssey in Belfast with his wife and his two young sons when a brick hit his bonnet and windscreen. |
| "We were meeting a car in the opposite direction and the next thing my windscreen came in, shattered. My wife said: 'That was a brick'," he said. | "We were meeting a car in the opposite direction and the next thing my windscreen came in, shattered. My wife said: 'That was a brick'," he said. |
| "Just around the corner then, I saw the taxi sitting. I could see that he had also got a brick through his windscreen. | "Just around the corner then, I saw the taxi sitting. I could see that he had also got a brick through his windscreen. |
| "We stopped to see what had happened. It was shocking. His face was smashed, there was blood everywhere. He was just about conscious." | "We stopped to see what had happened. It was shocking. His face was smashed, there was blood everywhere. He was just about conscious." |
| Windscreen shattered | Windscreen shattered |
| Assembly member Kieran McCarthy said the latest incident was a "murderous attack on a completely innocent motorist". | Assembly member Kieran McCarthy said the latest incident was a "murderous attack on a completely innocent motorist". |
| There was a similar attack on a woman driving on the road more than an hour earlier. | There was a similar attack on a woman driving on the road more than an hour earlier. |
| A group of youths threw a bottle at her car about two miles outside Portaferry. Her windscreen was shattered but she escaped injury. | A group of youths threw a bottle at her car about two miles outside Portaferry. Her windscreen was shattered but she escaped injury. |
| Six drivers in the Ards Peninsula area had objects thrown at their cars on 11 January. All escaped injury. | Six drivers in the Ards Peninsula area had objects thrown at their cars on 11 January. All escaped injury. |
| Detectives have appealed for anyone with information about the attacks to contact them. | Detectives have appealed for anyone with information about the attacks to contact them. |