A 32-year-old woman is being questioned by the RUC about a loyalist blast bomb attack in north Belfast on Friday night which left a soldier critically ill in hospital.
The 18-year-old Welch Fusilier underwent emergency surgery on his lower body yesterday after he was wounded when troops at a checkpoint close to the Holy Cross Primary School dispute came under attack from crowds hurling petrol bombs and other missiles.
An RUC spokesman confirmed: "One person is being questioned by police in connection with the attempted murder of a soldier."
The injured soldier, from Wales, was rushed to Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital where a spokeswoman today said he remained in a critical condition.