Man arrested over bomb attack on PSNI officers

Device partially exploded near M5 motorway in March

Three officers escaped injury when a bomb partially exploded on the Duncrue towpath near the M5 motorway on March 9th. Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire
Three officers escaped injury when a bomb partially exploded on the Duncrue towpath near the M5 motorway on March 9th. Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire

A 39-year-old man was arrested today in connection with a bomb attack on police.

Detectives from the PSNI’s serious crime branch detained the suspect in the Belfast area this morning.

Three officers escaped injury when a bomb partially exploded on the Duncrue towpath near the M5 motorway on March 9th.

It is believed to have been detonated by a mobile phone as the officers responded to a call alleging a crime had been committed in the area.

The incident is being treated as attempted murder.

Dissident republicans were blamed for the attack. A gun was later found on the towpath.

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