Two children seriously hurt in suspected arson attack
11/09/2006 - 08:19:13Two young children have been hospitalised with serious burns after a suspected arson attack on a car in Limerick city yesterday afternoon.
The brother and sister aged four and six were rushed to hospital after a fire engulfed the car they were sitting in outside a house in the Pineview Gardens area of Moyross.
The fire, which broke out at around 2pm, is believed to have been caused by a petrol bomb.
A report in this morning's Irish Examiner said the attack happened after the children's mother refused to give a man a lift into Limerick city centre.
