By Q Radio News
Police are investigating after a petrol bomb was thrown at a house in Crumlin in the early hours of this morning.
Officers were alerted to a fire at a house in Glenfield Close at 1:55am.
Police attended along with the Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service, who extinguished the blaze.
The house, which was unoccupied, sustained damage to its front door, front hall and exterior.
Speaking about the incident, Detective Chief Inspector Michelle Shaw is urging anyone who was in the area between 1:45am and 1:55am this morning and saw anything suspicious, or who knows anything about this arson attack to call detectives on 101, quoting reference 135 of 07/07/20.
(The scene of the Crumlin petrol bomb attack)
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