Two to appear in court charged with attempted murder of policeman

Two men will appear in court today charged with the attempted murder of a police officer in the North.

One of the accused – a 26-year-old – is also accused of shooting at a undercover security force unit that thwarted the alleged attack in the border village of Garrison, Co Fermanagh, on Saturday night.

He and his 32-year-old co-accused face additional charges of possessing a firearm and ammunition with intent to endanger life.

They will appear at Dungannon Magistrates Court in Co Tyrone.

Within an hour of the alleged murder bid, a 400lb car bomb was abandoned at the Belfast headquarters of the Policing Board – the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s oversight body. The explosives failed to detonate.

The accused were two of five men arrested in the wake of the Garrison incident. Three were released without charge on Monday night.