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| Man injured in van brick attack | |
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| A second motorist has been injured after a brick shattered the windscreen of his van in County Down. | |
| It is the fourth similar attack in the area in the past week. | It is the fourth similar attack in the area in the past week. |
| Dominic Lennon suffered cuts to the head after a brick was thrown from a passing car on the road between Ards and Greyabbey at 1940 GMT on Wednesday. | Dominic Lennon suffered cuts to the head after a brick was thrown from a passing car on the road between Ards and Greyabbey at 1940 GMT on Wednesday. |
| The attack came days after taxi driver Jackie Anderson was seriously injured after a brick was thrown at his car window on the Portaferry Road. | The attack came days after taxi driver Jackie Anderson was seriously injured after a brick was thrown at his car window on the Portaferry Road. |
| Councillor Joe Boyle from Portaferry believes the same people are responsible. | Councillor Joe Boyle from Portaferry believes the same people are responsible. |
| The brick which hit Mr Lennon's van was thrown out of a moving vehicle passing in the other direction at a bend in the road. | |
| The windscreen was shattered but he managed to pull into the entrance of Mount Stewart. | The windscreen was shattered but he managed to pull into the entrance of Mount Stewart. |
| The victim's wife, Deborah Lennon, was travelling two cars ahead of her husband when the attack happened. | The victim's wife, Deborah Lennon, was travelling two cars ahead of her husband when the attack happened. |
| She found Mr Lennon with blood running down the back of his head and his face. | She found Mr Lennon with blood running down the back of his head and his face. |
| Mrs Lennon said she is still afraid to drive along that road. | Mrs Lennon said she is still afraid to drive along that road. |
| "You almost close your eyes, waiting for it to happen now. Whatever way you look at it, as far as I'm concerned it is attempted murder," she said. | "You almost close your eyes, waiting for it to happen now. Whatever way you look at it, as far as I'm concerned it is attempted murder," she said. |
| Jackie Anderson suffered severe head and facial injuries, and is facing reconstructive surgery after a brick was thrown through his taxi window on 1 March. | Jackie Anderson suffered severe head and facial injuries, and is facing reconstructive surgery after a brick was thrown through his taxi window on 1 March. |
| It was the third incident within hours. | It was the third incident within hours. |
| 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. |
| There was another attack on a woman driving on the road more than an hour earlier. | There was another attack on a woman driving on the road more than an hour earlier. |