A family cheated injury after shots were fired at their west Belfast home in an early morning gun attack.

The attack is said to have happened around 2.40 am this morning.

Shots were fired through the front window and door of the house in Tollnamona Court.

A man, a woman and a child who were upstairs at the time were not injured.

Detectives from the PSNI’s Reactive and Organised Crime Branch are trying to establish a motive behind the gun attack.

Anyone with information is asked to contact detectives on the 101 non emergency number.

Alternatively, information can be passed anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.