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Attacks 'could have killed seven' Semtex used in dissident attack
(about 4 hours later)
Dissident republican attacks in the north and west could have killed seven people, a senior PSNI officer has said. Semtex was used in a dissident republican attack on police officers in County Fermanagh, it has emerged.
Deputy Chief Constable Paul Leighton was speaking after a rocket-propelled grenade was fired at a PSNI foot patrol in Lisnaskea on Saturday. Two police officers were treated for shock and one for minor injuries following Saturday's attack on a PSNI foot patrol in Lisnaskea.
"We've had seven officers now in this area who have been attacked over the past number of months - that's seven potential deaths," he said. An attempt was made to fire an improvised rocket-propelled grenade, but it failed to leave the launcher.
Two police officers were treated for shock and one for minor injuries. It is the first time dissidents have used Semtex, a commercial explosive previously used by the Provisional IRA.
"Society wants to move on. We all have of the future - we may have slightly different visions of how that turns out - but the one thing that's common in those visions is that violence plays no part in it," DCC Leighton said. A senior policeman has warned dissident republican attacks in recent months could have killed seven police officers.
Deputy Chief Constable Paul Leighton said: "We've had seven officers now in this area who have been attacked over the past number of months - that's seven potential deaths.
"Society wants to move on. We all have visions of the future - we may have slightly different visions of how that turns out - but the one thing that's common in those visions is that violence plays no part in it," DCC Leighton said.
Army call
Fermanagh Ulster Unionist assembly member Tom Elliot said the Army should return to the streets to combat the dissident threat.Fermanagh Ulster Unionist assembly member Tom Elliot said the Army should return to the streets to combat the dissident threat.
"We've had attempted murders in Londonderry and Dungannon and Spamount and now Lisnaskea."We've had attempted murders in Londonderry and Dungannon and Spamount and now Lisnaskea.
"I'm not so sure with the reduction of police resources in the province and the removal of the army that the PSNI have the resources at this present time to deal with this escalation, and if it's not nipped in the bud very quickly it will get worse. "I'm not so sure with the reduction of police resources in the province and the removal of the Army that the PSNI have the resources at this present time to deal with this escalation, and if it's not nipped in the bud very quickly it will get worse.
"I think if the police don't have the resources themselves, they may need to bring the army back in for a short period," he said. "I think if the police don't have the resources themselves, they may need to bring the Army back in for a short period," he said.