Damage: A car is burnt out AN innocent family have been targeted in a second petrol bomb attack in the space of three days in Waterford.
A well-known Waterford gang are suspected of carrying out the attack.
The latest incident occurred around 8:30pm on Friday, when gang members threw a petrol bomb at a car in the Birchwood estate.
Two innocent families have been attacked in three separate incidents since New Year’s Eve after they were caught up in a feud between criminal figures. The families targeted have nothing to do with the feud.
Words were exchanged between Waterford associates of Michael ‘Mongo’ Stokes and another local man early on New Year’s Eve. Mongo was not himself involved in the altercation or the follow-up incidents.
At around 7:30pm that night associates of Stokes are believed to have targeted the Brophy family home in the Birchwood Estate in a petrol bomb attack.
Emma Brophy (20) was in the house with her 12-week-old baby Alex and two-year-old daughter Donna-Marie. Four others, including children, were in the house.
At 4:30am on New Year’s Day the home of another innocent woman, Joanne Hazelbury, was targeted. Windows and doors were smashed in during the incident.
Gardai from the armed response also raided a halting site in Waterford on Friday as part of the investigation.
At 8:30pm on Friday thugs once again targeted the home of Emma Brophy. Her mother’s car was seriously damaged in another petrol bomb attack.
