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Londonderry alert: Three questioned over Eglinton bomb find released | |
(about 14 hours later) | |
Three of the men being questioned by police after a bomb was found under a PSNI officer's car outside his house in Eglinton, near Londonderry, have been released without charge. | |
The men were arrested by police in County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland on Thursday morning. | |
Police said on Friday night they had been released without charge. | |
A fourth man, 27, was detained by the PSNI in Eglinton on Thursday night. | A fourth man, 27, was detained by the PSNI in Eglinton on Thursday night. |
Police said the attack was a "clear attempt to murder" officers. The wife of the officer concerned is also a member of the PSNI. | |
A neighbour of the two police officers said that the police woman disturbed someone outside her house by knocking the window. | A neighbour of the two police officers said that the police woman disturbed someone outside her house by knocking the window. |
'Noise' | 'Noise' |
"I have been talking to the couple and they are both shocked but have taken it very well," he said. | |
"She said that she was in bed and heard a noise outside. She came to the window and saw the boy lying underneath the car. | |
"She rattled the window and he jumped out and ran away." | "She rattled the window and he jumped out and ran away." |
Justice minister David Ford said it was clear that dissident republicans had been behind the bombing attempt, and he praised the response by the police forces. | Justice minister David Ford said it was clear that dissident republicans had been behind the bombing attempt, and he praised the response by the police forces. |
"We saw exceptionally good policing work, both overt and covert, by the PSNI and by the Garda Síochána (Irish police), which has now resulted in four arrests," Mr Ford said. | "We saw exceptionally good policing work, both overt and covert, by the PSNI and by the Garda Síochána (Irish police), which has now resulted in four arrests," Mr Ford said. |
He added that he had spoken to PSNI Chief Constable George Hamilton on Thursday who, he said, has "concerns for the welfare of his officers". | He added that he had spoken to PSNI Chief Constable George Hamilton on Thursday who, he said, has "concerns for the welfare of his officers". |
"What is clear is that it was a device which was designed to kill anybody who was in the car and which had the capacity to also kill people who were passing it by - that's the reality of what these people tried to do." | "What is clear is that it was a device which was designed to kill anybody who was in the car and which had the capacity to also kill people who were passing it by - that's the reality of what these people tried to do." |
Mr Ford met his Irish counterpart, Frances Fitzgerald, on Friday to discuss security after the incident. | |
The device was discovered at Glenrandel in Eglinton in the early hours of Thursday morning and 15 houses were evacuated. | |
The man arrested by the PSNI was taken to Antrim police station for questioning. |