Police are appealing for information and witnesses in relation to a report of a petrol bomb attack at a house in Co Armagh yesterday evening, Thursday 28th May.
Sergeant Hamilton said: “Shortly after 11.20pm, it was reported that a device had been thrown at a residential property in the Woodview Park area of Tandragee.
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Source: PSNI
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