Pipe bomb attack on prison officer's home

A prison officer and his family narrowly escaped injury in a bomb attack on their home in Northern Ireland today.

A prison officer and his family narrowly escaped injury in a bomb attack on their home in Northern Ireland today.

The man, his wife and two daughters were asleep in the house in Princess Gardens in Holywood, Co Down when two pipe bombs were thrown at it shortly before 3am.

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