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Two children and an adult were left "extremely traumatised" after a car deliberately reversed into a house in a targeted attack, police said.

The occupants, in bed at the time, were unhurt when the white Toyota was driven into the property on Beechwood Close, St Helens, just after midnight, the Merseyside force added.

The car was then driven to nearby Jersey Street where it was set on fire.

Police believe three people were involved in the attack.

Insp Ray Mavrakakis appealed for information and said there was significant damage to the house, where power supplies had been affected.

"Fortunately the occupants of the house, who were in bed at the time of the incident, were not injured but they are extremely traumatised," he said.

"We believe this to be a targeted attack on the address and are determined to find those responsible so they can be brought to justice."

Firefighters attended both scenes and extinguished the car fire.

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