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Assault and arson at Derry home

Two men required hospital treatment after the assault and arson attack.

Police are investigating an assault and later arson attack at the same house in Londonderry.

Sunday, 03 February 2013
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A man in his 20s was taken to hospital after paramedics were alerted to an assault at a house in the Creggan Road area, at about 1am on Sunday.

At about 5am, the Fire and Rescue Service were called out to a fire at the property and a second man had to be taken to hospital.

Neither man is believed to have sustained life-threatening injuries.

"Police believe the fire was started deliberately by two other men who were in the area and are appealing for information about them," a PSNI spokesperson said.

A motive for the incidents has not yet been established.