23/03/2017

Two Men Arrested Over Attempted Murder Of PSNI Officers

Two men have been arrested in Dublin in connection with the attempted murder of a two PSNI officers.

The suspects, aged 29 and 32, have been detained under a European Arrest Warrant.

The arrests were in connection with a bomb discovered attached to a police officer's vehicle in L'Derry in June 2015.

The pair are to appear before the High Court in Dublin.

(CD/LM)

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