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Stab victim's home petrol bombed | Stab victim's home petrol bombed |
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The west Belfast home of a man murdered last year has been extensively damaged in a petrol bomb attack. | The west Belfast home of a man murdered last year has been extensively damaged in a petrol bomb attack. |
Father-of-six Gerard Devlin was stabbed in February 2006. | Father-of-six Gerard Devlin was stabbed in February 2006. |
On Friday night, after his widow left the house at Whitecliff Parade in Balymurphy to visit neighbours, six masked men attacked it. | |
They threw a number of petrol bombs through the living-room window, then escaped in a silver car towards Ballymurphy Road. | |
The family have said it is unclear whether the attack was part of an ongoing feud in the area which followed the stabbing of Mr Devlin. | The family have said it is unclear whether the attack was part of an ongoing feud in the area which followed the stabbing of Mr Devlin. |
Mr Devlin's aunt Bernadette O'Rawe said the family would not be intimidated. | Mr Devlin's aunt Bernadette O'Rawe said the family would not be intimidated. |
"Aine's under massive pressure, she hasn't had time to grieve, she has six children, her partner was murdered and we've had all this ongoing conflict," she said. | "Aine's under massive pressure, she hasn't had time to grieve, she has six children, her partner was murdered and we've had all this ongoing conflict," she said. |
"Now we have this. The girl just doesn't know whether she's coming or going. | "Now we have this. The girl just doesn't know whether she's coming or going. |
"But I'll tell you one thing - she will not be burnt out or intimidated out. If she leaves this area it will be of her own accord." | "But I'll tell you one thing - she will not be burnt out or intimidated out. If she leaves this area it will be of her own accord." |