Posted on 10/16/2009 5:22:48 AM PDT by NativeNewYorker
London (dpa) -- A woman has been injured in an apparent murder attempt when a bomb exploded under the car she was driving in the Northern Irish capital Belfast, police said Friday.
No group made any immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but Northern Ireland has seen an upsurge in activity by dissident Catholic republicans who are opposed to the province's ten-year-old peace process.
Northern Ireland witnessed 30 years of civil strife and violence between mainly Catholics opposed to British rule in the province and the majority protestant population, until a peace agreement was signed in 1998. Over 3,000 people died in the conflict.
The woman, the partner of a police officer, was reversing the car out of a driveway in a predominantly protestant part of the city when the device exploded. Her injuries are believed to be minor.
Police said the bomb, which exploded on the passenger side, could have killed or caused serious injury.
The First Minister of Northern Ireland, Peter Robinson, of the protestant DUP, said the bombing was "was an evil act designed to murder a police officer."
In March, dissident republicans killed two British soldiers and a police officer.
Weren’t Bill and Hillary there?
She told another whopper in Ireland the other day about staying in a bombed hotel, with boarded windows.
(Unfortunately it had been bombed over 2 years earlier)
Hillary’s fault.
This smells of domestic violence and not terrorism...............
Planting a pipe bomb in a police officer’s spouse’s car sounds just like terrorism to me....
Yep. I was there when it was signed....
Is there no end to the evils of the GOP, Rove, Cheney, and GW Bush? /SRM (And yes, many obamabots are stupid enough to think this means the GOP.)
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.