Petrol bomb thrown at Bloody Sunday set

A petrol bomb has been thrown at the set of Bloody Sunday, a TV drama about the 1972 atrocity being filmed in Manchester.

Wed, 28 Mar, 2001 - 13:46

A petrol bomb has been thrown at the set of Bloody Sunday, a TV drama about the 1972 atrocity being filmed in Manchester.

Police are investigating the incident, which happened in the early hours in the Beswick district.

The device landed on rubble, no one was injured and no damage has been caused.

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