Two arrested after Waterford petrol bomb attack kills four family members
Kim and Philip English, along with their sons Callum, 12, and Jayden, nine, died in a fire at their home in Waterford after an attack involving a petrol bomb. Their children Nadia, 14, and Elliot, six, remain critically ill in hospital. The investigation matters because Gardaí are examining whether the attack was commissioned by criminal figures amid a history of threats linked to a drug debt.
A man in his 20s, reportedly released from prison in recent months after a burglary conviction, and a woman in her 30s were arrested; Gardaí suspect she drove the vehicle. Investigators believe the family’s electric car was hit, igniting a fire, and are examining CCTV and items seized in raids. The family had reportedly faced threats over a £17,000 debt owed by someone known to them, and their car had been targeted three weeks earlier.
- Four members of the English family died in a Waterford house fire.
- Two people have been arrested as Gardaí investigate a suspected hired attack.
- Two children remain critically ill; the family had faced earlier threats.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Man arrested over arson attack that killed family ‘was recently released from prison and is believed to have worked for Traveller gang’”.