Seven occupants of a house in east Belfast escaped injury after an explosive device was thrown at their house in an overnight attack last night.
A man, woman and five children aged seven to 14 were in the house in the Glenlea Park area of the city at around 12.30 a.m., and the device caused extensive damage to the front door of the house
It is believed the attack is connected to the latest loyalist feud in the area.
One man has already died and there have been a number of gun and bomb attacks in the latest outbreak of violence between the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and its bitter rival, the smaller Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF).
Last week. leading LVF member Brian Stewart, gunned down on his way to work at a plumbing firm in Belfast. His murder was blamed on the rival UVF.
Earlier, this week, a man and woman escaped injury in a bomb attack in the Beech End area of Holywood, Co Down.
In another incident, a nail bomb was discovered at the back of a vacant house in Longstone Drive. Shots had been fired at the same house at the weekend.
On Monday evening there was a blast bomb attack on a house at London Road in east Belfast. Nobody was hurt but major damage was caused to the house.