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| A press photographer's home in County Down has been targeted in an overnight pipe bomb attack. | A press photographer's home in County Down has been targeted in an overnight pipe bomb attack. |
| Mark Pearce, from Mayobridge, described the attack as a terrifying experience and said he believed he was targeted because of his job. His family were evacuated from their house by police in the early hours of Friday at their home. The police evacuated six homes in their street. | Mark Pearce, from Mayobridge, described the attack as a terrifying experience and said he believed he was targeted because of his job. His family were evacuated from their house by police in the early hours of Friday at their home. The police evacuated six homes in their street. |
| Pearce told Radio Ulster: "I had to grab my children, grab what I could and escape out the back of the house and pass by a pipe bomb which had been set against the front door of my home. | Pearce told Radio Ulster: "I had to grab my children, grab what I could and escape out the back of the house and pass by a pipe bomb which had been set against the front door of my home. |
| "It was terrifying, trying to calm my children. It was just something I wouldn't wish on anybody." | "It was terrifying, trying to calm my children. It was just something I wouldn't wish on anybody." |
| Pearce has worked as a photographer for more than 20 years but said he had never been targeted before in this way. | Pearce has worked as a photographer for more than 20 years but said he had never been targeted before in this way. |
| Local politicians united to condemn the attack on the photographer, who said he would not be intimidated from doing his job. | Local politicians united to condemn the attack on the photographer, who said he would not be intimidated from doing his job. |
| The Alliance party assembly member Trevor Lunn said: "I utterly condemn whoever is responsible for this pipe bomb. There can never be any justification for any such attack on a person's home. Freedom of the press is paramount in any democratic society and they should be able to report the news without any fear or intimidation. There should never be any attempt to silence the press through the use of violence. I would like to extend my support to Mark and his family." | The Alliance party assembly member Trevor Lunn said: "I utterly condemn whoever is responsible for this pipe bomb. There can never be any justification for any such attack on a person's home. Freedom of the press is paramount in any democratic society and they should be able to report the news without any fear or intimidation. There should never be any attempt to silence the press through the use of violence. I would like to extend my support to Mark and his family." |
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