Police treat bomb attack on officers in Co Tyrone as attempted murder

The sealed off entrance to Mt Carmel Heights in Strabane where n incident occured on Thrusdya night when two PSNI odficers narrowly escaped serious injury. as Technical officers sweep the area. (NW Newspix)

Police in Northern Ireland have said a bomb attack in Co Tyrone was an attempt to murder police officers.

Two officers were targeted in Mount Carmel Heights in Strabane on Thursday night in an attack involving an improvised explosive device.