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| MLA's home in overnight attack | MLA's home in overnight attack |
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| The home of Sinn Fein assembly member Mitchel McLaughlin has been damaged in an overnight attack. | |
| A window was broken at the front of the property in Londonderry at about 0500 BST on Monday. No-one was injured. | A window was broken at the front of the property in Londonderry at about 0500 BST on Monday. No-one was injured. |
| Mr McLaughlin said he was woken by a loud noise and went downstairs where he saw the damage. | Mr McLaughlin said he was woken by a loud noise and went downstairs where he saw the damage. |
| "I looked out onto the street, there was a big rock which must've bounced back but there was no-one to be seen. It was such a cowardly event" | "I looked out onto the street, there was a big rock which must've bounced back but there was no-one to be seen. It was such a cowardly event" |
| "As I understand it there was a number of other incidents last night so there are clearly people running around up to mischief," he said. | "As I understand it there was a number of other incidents last night so there are clearly people running around up to mischief," he said. |
| "If the intention was to intimidate people then they need to learn it's not going to work." | "If the intention was to intimidate people then they need to learn it's not going to work." |
| "My home has been attacked before, I've been warned on numerous occasions about a threat to my life but I've heard nothing recently." | "My home has been attacked before, I've been warned on numerous occasions about a threat to my life but I've heard nothing recently." |
| "These things happen, it seems to go with the territory of trying to make politics work," he added. | "These things happen, it seems to go with the territory of trying to make politics work," he added. |
| A suspect object was also left near the former home of Sinn Fein MP Martin McGuinness one street away. | A suspect object was also left near the former home of Sinn Fein MP Martin McGuinness one street away. |