Two people 'badly shaken' after petrol bomb thrown at house in Derry

A Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) patrol car equipped with Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras in Belfast. File picture: PA

A man and a woman have been left “badly shaken” after a petrol bomb was thrown at a house in Co Derry.

Police said a suspected petrol bomb was thrown through the window of a property in the Circular Road area at around 6.45pm on Monday evening.

“The occupants of the house, a man and woman, were able to extinguish the fire that ignited in the living room area,” a police spokesperson said.

“They were both uninjured, but left badly shaken by what happened.”

The police spokesperson said they are treating the incident as arson with intent to endanger life.

“As a result of this arson attack, some damage was caused to the window – and living room floor area,” they said.

“We are treating this matter as arson with intent to endanger life, and enquiries are ongoing today to determine a motive and who was involved.

“We are especially keen to hear from anyone who observed a green saloon vehicle, or three men on foot at the time of the report.

“It’s understood the vehicle travelled from the direction of the Creggan Heights area, and left in the direction of Southway.

“Please make contact with us on 101, quoting reference number 1315 05/01/26 if you have any information, including CCTV, dash-cam or other footage of the area that could help with our investigation.”