Police attack 'attempted murder'
Police say they are treating an attack by loyalists on a police officer in Belfast on Monday night as attempted murder. A gang threw a petrol bomb into his unmarked vehicle after surrounding and smashing it.
Belfast attack on police was 'attempted murder'
Police are treating an attack by loyalists on a police officer in Belfast last night as attempted murder.
A gang of 15 men tossed a petrol bomb into his unmarked vehicle after surrounding and smashing it outside the offices of Alliance Party MP Naomi Long.
Daybreak's Sally Lockwood reports:
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