Police Officer Dies In Booby Trap Car Bomb (In Northern Ireland)

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Source: Sky News

A 25-year-old new recruit to the Police Service of Northern Ireland has died after being caught up in a booby-trap car bomb.

The device exploded under the vehicle outside the Catholic officer's home in Omagh, Co Tyrone, just before 4pm.

Sky's Northern Ireland correspondent Vicki Hawthorne said: "Police have confirmed that some kind of device exploded underneath the car.

"They say the vehicle belonged to a new recruit of the Police Service of Northern Ireland and that he was a Catholic officer."

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The article later mentions there's a likelihood that fingers will be pointed at Catholic extremists who are trying to "discourage young Catholics from joining the police service".