Semtex used in rocket attack on PSNI patrol

SEMTEX explosives once owned by the Provisional IRA (PIRA) were used in a weekend rocket attack on police officers in the north, it was revealed.

Deputy Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) Paul Leighton said two officers targeted on Saturday night in the border town of Lisnaskea, Co Fermanagh, were lucky to escape alive.

The officer confirmed Semtex, believed to have been destroyed when PIRA decommissioned weapons in 2005, was used in the latest murder bid blamed on dissident republicans opposed to the peace process.