Fire bomb could have killed police woman and her daughter Police remained at the scene of the attempted bombing near Dungiven throughout yesterday, Tuesday. Picture by Pacemaker. Seamus McKinney 21 April, 2021 01:00
ACC Mark McEwan said the device could have killed anyone in its vicinity if it had gone off. Picture by Mal McCann.
An incendiary bomb left beside the car of a part time PSNI officer could have killed both the police woman who was targeted and her three-year-old daughter, it has been claimed.
The part-time officer – who is also a civilian worker with the PSNI – found the device in a bag beside her car as she left her home around two miles from Dungiven on Monday morning. The area around the Ballyquin Road house, where the young police officer and her family have lived for many years remained closed off throughout Monday and yesterday.
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Bomb targeting police officer left inches from three-year-old girl s car seat Connor Lynch
A three-year-old girl s life was put at risk after a bomb was placed just inches from her car seat, police say.
The PSNI are investigating an attack on one of their officers after a viable explosive device was left at the rear door of her car in Dungiven.
The child was also at home at the time of the incident. A section of the Ballyquin Road, Co Derry, was closed on Monday after a suspicious object was found in the area, and officers remain at the scene.