A woman and children have escaped physical injury after a pipe bomb was thrown at a property in Co Down in the early hours this morning.
However, the PSNI said they were left shaken by the incident at a house in the Killaire Wood Lane area of Bangor shortly before 2.30am.
Detective Sergeant Rhonda Magennis described the attack as "reckless", adding the consequences could have been "devastating".
"We received a report at around 2.30am that an object was thrown at a house in the area a short time earlier," she said.
"ATO were called to the scene to examine the object, which was located at the front of the property, and declared it to be a viable pipe bomb-type device.
"Thankfully, a woman and children who were in the property were not injured, However, they have been left shaken by this reckless attack."
A number of local residents had to be evacuated from their homes but have now been allowed to return to their properties.
