Car set alight outside church in Draperstown

Police are investigating after a car was burnt out on the Tobermore Road in Draperstown on Saturday morning.

The blaze was extinguished by the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service shortly before 7am.

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Burnt-out car in Draperstown.

PSNI Inspector Leslie Craig said: “Officers are now trying to establish the movements of the red Seat Leon, registration MHZ 5878, in the hours prior to it being set alight close to the local Church of Ireland church.”

Anyone with information is asked to contact police on the non-emergency number 101.”

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