A woman in Ballymena was hospitalised on Tuesday night after a petrol bomb attack left her with burns to her left leg.
Police received a report around 10.20pm from fire service colleagues that a brick followed by a petrol bomb had been thrown through the window of a terraced property in the Chichester Park East area, with another petrol bomb thrown at the front door.
The woman, aged in her 40s, was inside at the time but her injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.
A man aged in his 50s was also inside the house at the time but was not injured.
It was later reported to police that two men wearing dark-coloured clothing were seen leaving the area at the time of the incident.
Police have appealed for those with any relevant information to to call 101, quoting reference 1848 for April 30.
Crimestoppers can also be contacted anonymously on 0800 555 111.
Independent Ballymena councillor Rodney Quigley condemned the attack and said it had risked spreading the fire to other properties.
“I don’t think you can ever justify a petrol bomb attack on anybody’s property,” he told the Irish News.
“I don’t know the full circumstances but we don’t want that in any society as it put other lives at risk as well.”
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