Policeman fights for life after car-bomb attack

A Catholic police officer was fighting for his life today after being critically injured by a booby trap bomb in the North blamed on dissident republicans.

Policeman fights for life after car-bomb attack

A Catholic police officer was fighting for his life today after being critically injured by a booby trap bomb in the North blamed on dissident republicans.

Peadar Heffron, 33, had just left his home outside Randalstown, Co Antrim, to start duty in west Belfast when the device exploded under his blue Alfa Romeo car.

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