Pair unhurt in petrol bomb attack

Roisin Orr and Ryan Robinson were shaken by the attack

A man and woman have escaped injury in a petrol bomb attack on their house in County Down.

The incident took place in the Brayside Grove area of Castlereagh at about 0245 BST, the police said.

The petrol bomb hit the front door of the house and ignited causing scorch damage. A pane of glass was shattered but the couple were uninjured.

Roisin Orr, 19, said she believed the house was attacked by people who mistakenly thought she was Catholic.

She said the house where she and her 21-year-old fiance Ryan Robinson live had also been attacked last weekend.

Ms Orr said she was targeted because she had an Irish name.

"To narrow-minded people it automatically makes me a Catholic living in a loyalist estate, but I'm not, I'm a Presbyterian," she said.

Police, who have taken a number of items away for scientific examination, have appealed for information.