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| A man has said his 18-day-old baby could have been burned to death in a petrol bomb attack in north Belfast. | A man has said his 18-day-old baby could have been burned to death in a petrol bomb attack in north Belfast. |
| Two homes in Twaddell Avenue were attacked at about 2300 BST on Tuesday. | Two homes in Twaddell Avenue were attacked at about 2300 BST on Tuesday. |
| The man, who did not want to be identified, said he was sitting with his baby son when the petrol bombers struck. | The man, who did not want to be identified, said he was sitting with his baby son when the petrol bombers struck. |
| "I just saw the flash at the side window, looked up and heard the bang and seen the flames and I grabbed the child and ran up the stairs," he said. | "I just saw the flash at the side window, looked up and heard the bang and seen the flames and I grabbed the child and ran up the stairs," he said. |
| "If it (the petrol bomb) had come through the window my child was going to get burnt to death." | "If it (the petrol bomb) had come through the window my child was going to get burnt to death." |
| The man said it was the second attack on his family in three weeks and they would now have to leave the area. | The man said it was the second attack on his family in three weeks and they would now have to leave the area. |
| Police said they were called to the area after a group of people had gathered there. The houses sustained scorch damage but no-one was injured. | Police said they were called to the area after a group of people had gathered there. The houses sustained scorch damage but no-one was injured. |
| DUP assembly member Nelson McCausland condemned the attack. | DUP assembly member Nelson McCausland condemned the attack. |
| "I had hoped that such sectarian attacks were a thing of the past but the events of the past few weeks show that this is not the case." | "I had hoped that such sectarian attacks were a thing of the past but the events of the past few weeks show that this is not the case." |
| Sinn Fein's Margaret McClenaghan said the incident was disgraceful. | |
| "Sectarianism is a cancer that cuts across all of society. It thrives on tensions in interface areas," she said. |