Nationalists blamed for attacks

Petrol bombs were thrown at two houses in Glenbryn

Petrol bomb and paint attacks on three homes in north Belfast have been blamed on nationalists.

Billy Hutchinson of the Progressive Unionist Party says the petrol and paint attacks were an attempt to raise sectarian tensions in the Ardoyne area.

The petrol bomb attack happened in the Protestant Glenbryn area at about 2145 BST on Tuesday.

Damage was minor, but local people said the attack would raise tension between the two communities.

"There is no question about it, it is nationalists," said Mr Hutchinson.

"I am not sure if it is republicans, but it is certainly Catholics or nationalists from Ardoyne.

Billy Hutchinson blamed nationalists for attack

"I think it is a strategy to try and bring loyalist or Protestants in upper Ardoyne, Glenbryn and Alliance Avenue, to attack others.

"People in that area should be very conscious that this is someone's strategy to draw them into attacks.

"They should desist and not be drawn into someone else's strategy."

In a separate attack in the nearby Woodvale area, a bottle which had been filled with paint was thrown through the window of a house at Ohio Street.

Paint was also thrown at a mural on a nearby wall.

Police have appealed for anyone with information about the incidents to come forward.

Meanwhile, Royal Mail has told staff that it has received threats against two Protestant workers in west Belfast from a group calling itself the Catholic Reaction Force.

The company said it would not send any workers into an area if their safety was at risk.

However, it has promised there will be no disruption to postal services.