NI Footballer's home is attacked
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-11368409
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The family home of Fulham and Northern Ireland football player Chris Baird was attacked by a petrol bomb on Sunday. It is reported a passer by put out the fire, while the people inside escaped.
The article states it's the second attack in three weeks, in a religiously mixed area with current tensions leading to sectarian violence on a number of homes.
""It is quite clear they are being targeted because they are a Catholic family," he said.
The family are not involved in anything political."[...] Rasharkin is a religiously mixed village, however there have been ongoing sectarian tensions with tit-for-tat attacks on homes and other properties in recent months."-BBC
Politicians in Northern Ireland have condemned the attacks.
The article states it's the second attack in three weeks, in a religiously mixed area with current tensions leading to sectarian violence on a number of homes.
""It is quite clear they are being targeted because they are a Catholic family," he said.
The family are not involved in anything political."[...] Rasharkin is a religiously mixed village, however there have been ongoing sectarian tensions with tit-for-tat attacks on homes and other properties in recent months."-BBC
Politicians in Northern Ireland have condemned the attacks.
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