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A seven-year-old boy has been injured in what is believed to be a pipe-bomb attack on the outskirts of west Belfast. | |
The boy, who has cerebral palsy, was asleep in the living room of a house at Oakvale Gardens, Dunmurry, on Saturday night when the explosion happened. | |
He suffered cuts and bruises. An elderly woman who was with him was unhurt but is said to be traumatised. | |
The boy's father and his girlfriend were upstairs. They escaped injury. | |
The front of the house and living room were extensively damaged. A neighbouring house and a number of cars were also damaged in the blast which happened at about 2310 BST. | |
A Sinn Fein councillor said the family did not know why they had been targeted. Police have ruled out a sectarian motive for the attack. |