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| Teenagers were responsible for a sectarian petrol bomb attack on the home of a couple and their new-born baby in Belfast, police have said. | |
| Two homes in Twaddell Avenue were attacked at about 2300 BST on Tuesday. | Two homes in Twaddell Avenue were attacked at about 2300 BST on Tuesday. |
| The man, who wants to remain anonymous, was sitting with his 18-day-old son when the petrol bombers struck. | |
| "I just saw the flash at the side window, looked up and heard the bang and seen the flames and I grabbed the child and ran up the stairs," he said. | "I just saw the flash at the side window, looked up and heard the bang and seen the flames and I grabbed the child and ran up the stairs," he said. |
| "If it (the petrol bomb) had come through the window my child was going to get burnt to death." | "If it (the petrol bomb) had come through the window my child was going to get burnt to death." |
| The man said it was the second attack on his family in three weeks and they would now have to leave the area. | The man said it was the second attack on his family in three weeks and they would now have to leave the area. |
| Chief Inspector Andrea Mullan said the attack was sectarian and that security cameras in the area caught those to blame. | |
| "There were between 16 and 20 youths and I would say there were between 14 to 18-years-old," she said. | |
| "We are looking at footage and trying to identify the perpetrators of this attack and we will be making arrests." | |
| Police said they were called to the area after a group of people had gathered there. The houses sustained scorch damage but no-one was injured. | Police said they were called to the area after a group of people had gathered there. The houses sustained scorch damage but no-one was injured. |
| DUP assembly member Nelson McCausland condemned the attack. | DUP assembly member Nelson McCausland condemned the attack. |
| "I had hoped that such sectarian attacks were a thing of the past but the events of the past few weeks show that this is not the case." | "I had hoped that such sectarian attacks were a thing of the past but the events of the past few weeks show that this is not the case." |
| Sinn Fein's Margaret McClenaghan said the incident was disgraceful. | Sinn Fein's Margaret McClenaghan said the incident was disgraceful. |
| "Sectarianism is a cancer that cuts across all of society. It thrives on tensions in interface areas," she said. | "Sectarianism is a cancer that cuts across all of society. It thrives on tensions in interface areas," she said. |