Gangs attack PSNI officers with petrol bombs

Police came under petrol bomb attack from masked gangs tonight after a high-profile republican was arrested over the murder of two soldiers in Northern Ireland.

Gangs attack PSNI officers with petrol bombs
Sat, 14 Mar, 2009 - 19:07

Police came under petrol bomb attack from masked gangs tonight after a high-profile republican was arrested in connection with the murder of two soldiers in the North.

Former IRA prisoner Colin Duffy, 41, has broken away from mainstream republicans and criticised Sinn Féin's decision to back the new Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI).

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