County Tyrone cars set on fire in petrol bomb attacks
Serious damage was caused to a vehicle set alight in Killyman
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Two cars were targeted in petrol bomb attacks in Fivemiletown and Killyman in County Tyrone.
Police received a report of a car on fire in Spout Road in Fivemiletown at about 03:25 BST.
A second report was received of another car on fire in Epsey Park in Killyman at about 03:40.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) is treating the incidents as arson.
Sgt Fletcher said a window of the vehicle in Fivemiletown had been broken and bottles containing an accelerant were discovered inside.
A car was set alight in Killyman in the early hours of Thursday
Officers attending the scene in Killyman with the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) discovered a petrol bomb in a car.
The vehicle had been seriously damaged.
"We are treating both incidents as arson and I am appealing to anyone who may have witnessed either attack or to anyone with CCTV, door-bell or other footage that could assist enquiries, to contact police," said Sgt Fletcher.