Car bomb injures policeman in Tyrone

An off-duty police officer has been seriously injured in what's feared was a dissident republican car bombing in County Tyrone last night.

Car bomb injures policeman in Tyrone

An off-duty police officer has been seriously injured in what's feared was a dissident republican car bombing in County Tyrone last night.

The car booby trap device exploded in the west County Tyrone village of Spamount, outside Castlederg.

The police officer sustained serious leg injuries but his life is not understood to be at risk

British army technical experts were rushed to the scene.

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