'Absolute madness' - Holywood petrol bomb attack could have resulted in death, MLA says

The PSNI are appealing for information over the report that at 12.30am on Wednesday, a petrol bomb was thrown at a house in the East Link area.

MLA Alex Easton has condemned a petrol bomb attack in Co Down (Liam McBurney/PA)

It is lucky that nobody was killed in a petrol bomb attack in Co Down, an MLA has said.

Independent unionist Alex Easton, who lost his parents in a house fire, described the attack in Holywood as “absolute madness”.