THE North’s police ombudswoman is investigating the shooting of two men by security forces at the weekend.

A large firebomb discovered during a security operation in Belfast could have caused widespread devastation in the city centre, police said tonight.

A man remained critically ill in hospital today after being shot twice when police foiled a fire bomb attack in Belfast city centre.

Police shot and critically wounded a man as a suspected dissident republican bomb attack was foiled in Belfast city centre.