IPOH, MALAYSIA: On a Sunday when most families enjoyed quality time together, the Hah family was put through a nightmare after a stranger threw a handmade petrol bomb at their car.

The car caught fire and manager Hah Yee Kuen, 43, his wife and two daughters suffered burns as a result of the 7.40pm attack.

They had just returned from dinner when an unknown car hit the back of their Honda CRV, right in front of their Taman Desa Harum home in Pasir Puteh here.

One of two men in the other car got out and threw the bomb towards the family.

Hah suffered 25% burns on his body and was sent to the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital burns unit while his 41-year-old wife and daughters, aged 16 and eight, were warded at a private hospital here.

Ipoh OCPD Asst Comm Azisman Alias confirmed the incident yesterday.