Woman and children escape gun attack

A woman and children had a narrow escape tonight after their North Belfast home was attacked with gunfire in a sectarian flash point area of the city.

Bullets pierced the wall of a house in Alliance Avenue in the nationalist Ardoyne area, with one also striking the living room window during the attack around 9pm. Sinn Fein councillor Margaret McClenaghan blamed the attack on members of the loyalist paramilitary Ulster Defence Association.