Bus hijacked and set on fire on outskirts of Belfast

The burnt out double decker bus in Church Road near Rathcoole in Newtownabbey, Co Antrim after it was hijacked and set on fire near a loyalist estate on the outskirts of Belfast. Picture date: Sunday November 7, 2021.

A bus has been hijacked and set on fire at a loyalist estate on the outskirts of Belfast.

Four masked men boarded the double decker in Church Road at an entrance to the Rathcoole estate in Newtownabbey, Co Antrim, at about 7.45pm and ordered the driver and passengers off.