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| Woman charged with trying to murder police officers in Belfast | Woman charged with trying to murder police officers in Belfast |
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| A 27-year-old woman has been charged with trying to murder two police officers in Belfast last week, it has emerged. | A 27-year-old woman has been charged with trying to murder two police officers in Belfast last week, it has emerged. |
| The woman is due at Belfast's Laganside courts on Wednesday morning, where she faces two counts of attempted murder, possession of explosives with intent to endanger life and preparation of terrorist acts. | The woman is due at Belfast's Laganside courts on Wednesday morning, where she faces two counts of attempted murder, possession of explosives with intent to endanger life and preparation of terrorist acts. |
| The charges against her are connected to a pipe bomb attack on a police patrol in the Ballysillan area in the early hours of Tuesday morning last week. Two officers were unhurt but badly shaken after improvised grenades exploded near their patrol car as they responded to a 999 call. She was arrested in north Belfast last Wednesday in a follow-up security operation. | The charges against her are connected to a pipe bomb attack on a police patrol in the Ballysillan area in the early hours of Tuesday morning last week. Two officers were unhurt but badly shaken after improvised grenades exploded near their patrol car as they responded to a 999 call. She was arrested in north Belfast last Wednesday in a follow-up security operation. |
| Security sources linked the attack to the dissident republican group Oghlaigh na hEireann, which has an active cell in the north of the city. | Security sources linked the attack to the dissident republican group Oghlaigh na hEireann, which has an active cell in the north of the city. |
| The Police Service of Northern Ireland said a 25-year-old man arrested in Shrewsbury at the weekend in connection with the double murder bid remained in custody. | The Police Service of Northern Ireland said a 25-year-old man arrested in Shrewsbury at the weekend in connection with the double murder bid remained in custody. |
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