A severely disabled man and a four-year-old boy were among the seven people inside a house when a pipe-bomb was thrown at a Catholic family home in Lisburn, Co Antrim, early this morning.
The front door and porch of the home at Barnfield Grange, Derryaghey, were damaged after the attack happened at about 2.45 a.m.
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Elsewhere, a suspect device found on the doorstep of a Coleraine home this morning has been declared an "elaborate hoax".
Several homes in Clarence Court, Coleraine in Co Antrim, were evacuated after the device was found on the doorstep of a house at about 7 a.m. this morning.
The device was declared a hoax after a controlled explosion was carried out by a British army bomb disposal expert.
Sinn Féin chief negotiator Mr Martin McGuinness has accused unionist leaders of remaining silent about violence against Catholics.
"The unionists are not jumping up and down about the ongoing attacks on the Catholic community," he said.
- A 20 year-old man suffered serious arm and leg injuries in a paramilitary-style beating overnight. He was attacked by a man with a baseball bat in the Parkhill area of Dromore, Co Down.
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