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| Magherafelt attack: Pensioner left shaken after petrol bombing | Magherafelt attack: Pensioner left shaken after petrol bombing |
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| A woman in her 70s has described her panic after petrol bombs were thrown at her bungalow in County Londonderry. | |
| Roberta Wilson had been sitting in her living room at Leckagh Walk when the devices were thrown at the property at about 22:10 GMT on Wednesday. | Roberta Wilson had been sitting in her living room at Leckagh Walk when the devices were thrown at the property at about 22:10 GMT on Wednesday. |
| The window and door of the bungalow sustained scorch damage. | The window and door of the bungalow sustained scorch damage. |
| Ms Wilson had been sitting in her living room when the attack happened. She escaped injury, but was left shaken. | Ms Wilson had been sitting in her living room when the attack happened. She escaped injury, but was left shaken. |
| She said: "I heard a bang and I went out. All I saw was the flames up the back window. It was pitch black. I started panicking. | She said: "I heard a bang and I went out. All I saw was the flames up the back window. It was pitch black. I started panicking. |
| "I opened the door and the thing fell on the ground and went out." | "I opened the door and the thing fell on the ground and went out." |
| The pensioner said someone had opened the back gate of her property, came up the path and threw the devices at the back of the house. | The pensioner said someone had opened the back gate of her property, came up the path and threw the devices at the back of the house. |
| She said her car had been attacked a number of times in the past, with the most recent incident just before Christmas. | She said her car had been attacked a number of times in the past, with the most recent incident just before Christmas. |
| However, Ms Wilson is determined not to leave the house where she has lived for about six years. | However, Ms Wilson is determined not to leave the house where she has lived for about six years. |
| "I don't know why they are doing it on me. I just went blank. I don't know what to think," she said. | "I don't know why they are doing it on me. I just went blank. I don't know what to think," she said. |
| "It's a very good estate, I'm happy in it, well I was, but not now. Why should I move for them, let them put me out of my own home?" | "It's a very good estate, I'm happy in it, well I was, but not now. Why should I move for them, let them put me out of my own home?" |
| She appealed to whoever was responsible: "Just leave me alone, let me live in peace". | She appealed to whoever was responsible: "Just leave me alone, let me live in peace". |
| DUP councillor Elizabeth Forde, who lives nearby, said she was concerned that such a thing could happen. | DUP councillor Elizabeth Forde, who lives nearby, said she was concerned that such a thing could happen. |
| "I'm devastated. The woman, last night, when I went to see her was hysterical. | "I'm devastated. The woman, last night, when I went to see her was hysterical. |
| "We don't know why this has taken place but we have left it with the police to do a full investigation." | "We don't know why this has taken place but we have left it with the police to do a full investigation." |
| The police have appealed for information. | The police have appealed for information. |