{"id":369697,"date":"2026-03-28T11:22:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T11:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/369697\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T11:22:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T11:22:07","slug":"petrol-bombs-thrown-at-flat-in-ballymena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/369697\/","title":{"rendered":"Petrol bombs thrown at flat in Ballymena"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Petrol bombs have been thrown at a flat in Co Antrim.<\/p>\n<p>Detectives are appealing for witnesses and information following the arson attack in Ballymena in the early hours of Saturday.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Appeal for information following arson attack in Ballymena. Details here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R0YOBMsdxW\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/R0YOBMsdxW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FGtta9GoG5\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/FGtta9GoG5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Police Service NI (@PoliceServiceNI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PoliceServiceNI\/status\/2037835401675612195?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A PSNI spokesperson said: \u201cWe received a report at around 3.05am that two suspected petrol bombs had been thrown at a ground-floor flat in the Drumtara area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOfficers attended the scene, where colleagues from the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service were already present.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn arrival, evidence of petrol bombs was noted and the living room window was also smashed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne person was in the flat at the time of the incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo injuries were reported, however, this was obviously a shock for them and there was significant damage caused to the interior of their home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Police said the incident is being treated as arson with intent to endanger life.<\/p>\n<p>                        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Petrol bombs have been thrown at a flat in Co Antrim. Detectives are appealing for witnesses and information&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":369698,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-369697","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/369698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}