Two escape injury in petrol bomb attack on Co Tyrone house

PSNI want to hear from anyone who may have seen a man fleeing the scene

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said it was working to establish a motive for the attack. File photograph: PA
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said it was working to establish a motive for the attack. File photograph: PA

Police in the North are investigating the petrol bombing of a house in Co Tyrone.

A woman, one of two people in the house in Cookstown at the time, said she heard a loud bang and saw flames at a front window at around 9:50pm on Saturday.

When she went to the front of the house in the Crossglebe area of the town, she saw a masked man standing next to a car parked outside.

The masked man dropped a bottle he had been holding and ran off, the woman told investigators.

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Both people who were inside the house at the time were uninjured.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said it was working to establish a motive for the attack and would like to hear from anyone with information.

“They are particularly keen to hear from anyone who was in the area and who have seen a male fleeing the scene,” a PSNI spokesman said.