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Gardaí guard the hospital bedside of two child survivors of the Waterford 'arson attack' in Ireland after two are charged

A house on Birchwood Avenue in Waterford City, where a suspected petrol bomb attack in the early hours of Tuesday killed a man, a woman and two of their children.
A house on Birchwood Avenue in Waterford City, where a suspected petrol bomb attack in the early hours of Tuesday killed a man, a woman and two of their children.

Aunt Jackie English says the teenage girl is 'slowly making progress' while her younger brother is still critical. Philip and Kim English and their sons Callum, 12, and Jayden, nine, died in Tuesday's fire. Cian Stacey, 21, and Jessica Dalton, 31, face criminal damage and serious assault charges and return to court on Tuesday. The four victims will be buried on Monday.

Philip's son John James English claimed the family died over someone else's €20,000 drug debt.

Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly has indicated that further arrests are anticipated in the murder investigation.

Jackie English, who lives around the corner, said: 'I'm numb. I'm in shock.'

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