Petrol bombers force family from home

Petrol bombers force family from home

Original post   (by Irish Republican Watch, added Monday, 13 May 2002 12:18:40 UTC+1)

BBC
Friday, 10 May, 2002, 18:20 GMT 19:20 UK
Petrol bombers force family from home

Baby Laurie Kennedy was in the house during the attacks

A couple and their 11-week-old baby have been forced to move out of
their home after petrol bomb attacks.
Alison and Laurence Kennedy's home in Squires Hill in north Belfast
has been attacked by stone throwers for three years but the petrol
bomb attacks earlier this week were the final straw.

The Protestant couple believe the attacks are sectarian.

Mrs Kennedy said the police were unable to protect them.

Everybody knows the damage petrol bombs can cause, they have wiped
families out

Alison Kennedy  

"I had just fed the child when it started and as time went on it got
worse," said Mrs Kennedy.

"At one stage they were at the back garden fence, that is how close
they came.

"Everybody knows the damage petrol bombs can cause, they have wiped
families out and when you have an 11-week-old baby in the house, what
do you do."

Mrs Kennedy added that the attacks could have been prevented if the
police had come when they were first contacted.

"We phoned them on several occasions and they said they were sorry
they couldn't send anyone out.

"We phoned another police station and they couldn't offer us any help,
so for two-and-a-half hours we were stuck in the house with the baby
and we couldn't get any help."