Four suspects are being held in Northern Ireland after police were targeted in a bomb attack. Two officers narrowly avoided injury when an explosive device was detonated near their car while it was on patrol in County Tyrone on Thursday.
Four suspects are being held in Northern Ireland after police were targeted in a bomb attack.
Three men – two aged 36, one aged 28 – were detained under the Terrorism Act after a number of raids in Strabane last night.The blast caused a major security alert in the area which affected more than 1,000 residents and meant children could not get to school. He added: ‘Our thoughts are first and foremost with the two police officers who were here night serving their community.‘Fortunately they are left simply shaken by what happened last night, but we are treating this incident as a credible attempt to murder those officers.
DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said: ‘Attempts on the life of police officers were wrong in the past and remain wrong today. There is always an alternative to violence.
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