Two teenagers arrested over Limerick arson attack

Gardaí in Limerick have arrested two teenagers in connection with the arson attack that left two young children in a critical condition in hospital.

The pair, both aged 17 and from Moyross, are understood to have turned themselves in at Mayorstone garda station at around 8.30pm last night.

They are being questioned about the fire that engulfed a car in Moyross on Sunday afternoon, leaving a six-year-old girl and her four-year-old brother with extensive burns.

A number of youths are believed to have poured petrol into the car before setting it alight while the children were inside.

The siblings underwent emergency surgery yesterday at Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children in Dublin, where their parents are keeping a bedside vigil.