PSNI investigate 'attempted murder' after another night of violence

Police are treating an attack by loyalists on a police officer in Belfast last night as attempted murder.

PSNI investigate 'attempted murder' after another night of violence
Tue, 11 Dec, 2012 - 07:04

Police are treating an attack by loyalists on a police officer in Belfast last night as attempted murder.

A gang of 15 men tossed a petrol bomb into his unmarked vehicle after surrounding and smashing it outside the offices of Alliance Party MP Naomi Long.

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