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Police are investigating after a man was left with serious burn injuries when a petrol bomb was thrown through the window of a house in Newry in the early hours of Wednesday 14 January, killing the family's pet dog.
Police received a report around 2.20am that a suspected petrol bomb had been thrown through the living room window of a house in Clonmore in the Armagh Road area of the city. Officers attended the scene alongside colleagues from the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service who extinguished the fire.
Detective Inspector Moffett said: "In the living room at the time was a man in his 50s who sustained a serious burn injury. Three people, including a teenager, were upstairs at the time and were able to make their way out of the burning property. However, the family's pet dog died in the house fire."
The man remains in hospital and the other three occupants have been treated for smoke inhalation. A neighbouring home was also smoke damaged as a result of the attack.
Detective Inspector Moffett added: "This was a very serious incident when a property was deliberately set on fire with clear intent to risk life and destroy someone's home."
