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| Antrim home of PUP's Ken Wilkinson targeted | Antrim home of PUP's Ken Wilkinson targeted |
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| The police are investigating a fire at the home of Ken Wilkinson, the spokesman for the Progressive Unionist Party in Antrim. | The police are investigating a fire at the home of Ken Wilkinson, the spokesman for the Progressive Unionist Party in Antrim. |
| It was reported that a car was driven up against his house at Dunsilly Terrace and set alight at 00:55 BST on Monday. | It was reported that a car was driven up against his house at Dunsilly Terrace and set alight at 00:55 BST on Monday. |
| Mr Wilkinson said he was alerted by a neighbour who saw the car on fire. | |
| He said it is the third attack on his house in 18 months. | |
| "It is nothing more and nothing less than attempted murder as far as I'm concerned," he said. | "It is nothing more and nothing less than attempted murder as far as I'm concerned," he said. |
| "I saw flames outside and thought my car had been set on fire, so by the time I got outside, I saw that there was another vehicle which was well alight. | |
| "Only for the promptness of my neighbour things could have been much worse. | |
| "By the time the Fire Service came and the fire was put out, we'd realised that the car was loaded with car tyres and a gas cylinder put inside." | |
| Mr Wilkinson said those behind the attack had shown no regard for human life. | |
| "There are two other apartments beside me and also a B&B which people were staying in last night," he said. | |
| "When I'm looking at it today, I'm looking at my own car burnt out, the other car burnt out, and damage to the front of my house." | |
| Police have appealed for information. |