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| A couple who escaped injury in a gun attack on their Ballymena home on Monday night say it is the third time they have been targeted in a month. | A couple who escaped injury in a gun attack on their Ballymena home on Monday night say it is the third time they have been targeted in a month. |
| Up to three shots were fired through the living room window of the house in the Rossdale area just after midnight. | Up to three shots were fired through the living room window of the house in the Rossdale area just after midnight. |
| The woman said the attacks followed her approaching a number of people after they put up loyalist flags in the mixed housing development. | |
| She said she asked them if they had permission from residents. | |
| In the last month the couple's house and car have also been stoned. They are members of a local residents' association. | |
| The woman said she was "disgusted" by the latest attack, which was captured on CCTV. | |
| DUP councillor John Carson, who condemned the incident, said there had been tensions in the area over flags. | |
| He said there had been a "deal done on flags last year" that they would be put up on 1 July and taken down on 31 August. | |
| However, this year, he continued, someone had "taken it upon themselves" to put flags on every lamppost in the development. | However, this year, he continued, someone had "taken it upon themselves" to put flags on every lamppost in the development. |
| Residents in the Rossdale area are very opposed to this spate of flag waving. There is a flag on virtually every lamppost in the development Declan O'Loan, SDLP | |
| "We want to live at peace with our neighbours in a democratic society," said Councillor Carson. | "We want to live at peace with our neighbours in a democratic society," said Councillor Carson. |
| "Just because I decide to fly a flag from my property, and that's my democratic right - I have no right to cross the street and tell a neighbour to get his out." | "Just because I decide to fly a flag from my property, and that's my democratic right - I have no right to cross the street and tell a neighbour to get his out." |
| SDLP MLA Declan O'Loan condemned the attack as the work of "bully boys." | SDLP MLA Declan O'Loan condemned the attack as the work of "bully boys." |
| "Residents in the Rossdale area are very opposed to this spate of flag waving. There is a flag on virtually every lamppost in the development," he said. | "Residents in the Rossdale area are very opposed to this spate of flag waving. There is a flag on virtually every lamppost in the development," he said. |
| "Strenuous efforts have been made by councillors and others to resolve the matter. Now a member of the residents' association has been deliberately targeted in a very serious, violent manner." | |
| Police said that a motive for the attack had not yet been established. | Police said that a motive for the attack had not yet been established. |
| It is understood a male wearing a hooded top and a balaclava was seen in a dark coloured Citroen Saxo car in the area at the time. | It is understood a male wearing a hooded top and a balaclava was seen in a dark coloured Citroen Saxo car in the area at the time. |