Chch house fire-bombed

Press, 29 March 1982, Page 1

Chch house fire-bombed

Several Molotov cocktails were thrown at a house in York Street. Opawa. at 12.45 a.m. yesterday. The house was also sprayed with shotgun pellets. The house was occupied but no-one was injured. None of the bombs hit the house, and only one. which landed near the’door, ignited. The fire was put out by the occupants. The Fire Service attended but was not required. The Christchurch police believe the attack was gangrelated. but the occupants of the house have no ties with any gang. "They were just a bunch of innocent people.” a police spokesman said. In another incident early on Saturday morning, shots were fired from a shotgun at the outside fence of the

Black Power gang head quarters in Woodham Road. Avonside, and into a van outside another Black Power house in Humboldt Street, Waltham. Later windows were broken and a motorcycle was damaged at a house in Rowses Road. Aranui. The police believe that some members of the Mongrel Mob have been seeking retribution from Black Power members over the loss of a patch. Four men appeared in the District Court on Saturday morning and were remanded in custody to this morning. The police said they opposed bail because of the seriousness of the charges The shotgun used in the shootings on Saturday was one of 10 stolen in a burglary at Geraldine on February 25.