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| Woman injured in car bomb attack | |
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| A police officer's girlfriend has been injured after a bomb exploded under a car in east Belfast. | |
| The 38-year-old was reversing the vehicle out of the driveway of his house in Kingsdale Park at about 0730 BST on Friday when the device exploded. | |
| She was taken to hospital suffering from a minor arm injury and ringing in her ears in the attack, but has since been discharged. | |
| The police are expected to comment at about midday. | |
| UUP leader Sir Reg Empey, who is at the scene, said the explosion had caused significant damage to the vehicle. | UUP leader Sir Reg Empey, who is at the scene, said the explosion had caused significant damage to the vehicle. |
| "You see can a car half out of a driveway, and while the police are not confirming a explosive device, from looking at the vehicle car you can see that a severe disruption has occurred to it," he said. | "You see can a car half out of a driveway, and while the police are not confirming a explosive device, from looking at the vehicle car you can see that a severe disruption has occurred to it," he said. |
| "Obviously there's a lot of speculation that this is another dissident attack, similar to the one in Londonderry a couple of months ago." | "Obviously there's a lot of speculation that this is another dissident attack, similar to the one in Londonderry a couple of months ago." |