A councillor said his family is "lucky to be alive" after petrol bombs were thrown outside his home while his grandchildren were asleep.

Arsonists set fire to a car parked on Masood Ahmed's driveway as well as another vehicle on the street.

The attack in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, in the early hours of Wednesday, was caught on CCTV and is being investigated by police.

Mr Ahmed said his family had been left "shaken up and scared".

Ten members of Mr Ahmed's family, including two grandchildren aged eight and four, were in the house on Pentland Road when the cars were set slight.

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