3 Cars Burned at Police Officer’s Home in Northern Ireland
Three cars were set alight and destroyed on Thursday at the home of a police officer in Northern Ireland.
Police in the Northern Irish town of Larne attended the officer’s address on Glenarm Road after receiving a report of three cars on fire in the early hours on Thursday.
All three cars were destroyed by fire, which also caused scorch damage to the house, but the officer, his wife, and daughter who were asleep at home were not injured.
“We are investigating this as an incident of arson. This was a completely reckless attack which could have had serious consequences,” Detective Chief Inspector Dunny McCubbin said in a statement.
Three cars were destroyed and the Glenarm Road property was scorch damaged during the early morning incident.
The officer, his wife and daughter, who were in the house at the time, were not injured.
Condemning the attack, East Antrim MLA Roy Beggs said: “I know the police officer concerned personally who has served the local Larne community for some time. He is highly regarded by all for his community policing work on behalf of the local community.
An arson attack destroyed three cars outside a serving police officer s home in Larne. Pic Colm Lenaghan/Pacemaker
“He and his family are also valued members of the Larne community. The attack on them is an attack on the local community.