Hannah Al-Othman

They were in their house and basically they saw some of the violence beginning.

They said there were a group of men and boys.

They were all dressed in dark clothing.

They had face coverings.

And they noticed them start to gather near their flat.

And they initially hoped it would pass over fairly peacefully.

And then they then began to start trying to set fire to a bus.

So they set fire to the tires of a bus and they were watching from inside the house.

They were still watching and hoping, well, you know, maybe this is as bad as it'll get.

But then they said around seven o'clock, they saw them approaching their house.

Stella.

Stella.

Samaya's actually sent me some video.

They could see sort of flames from the neighbouring houses, sort of licking up towards theirs.

And then, you know, their house started being targeted.

They started throwing bricks.

I think they said stones or bricks or rocks at the window.

So they had this mob outside attacking their home.

They had smoke coming in through the letterbox, through the gaps in the door, and they were told, don't leave, it's not safe for you to leave.

Samaya actually passed out.