Man extradited over murder bid on off-duty PSNI officer

The arrest relates to the investigation into an under-vehicle bomb placed under a PSNI officer’s car in Eglinton in 2015 (PA)

Gardaí have arrested a man wanted in Northern Ireland on suspicion of the attempted murder of an off-duty PSNI officer in Co Londonderry in 2015.

The 33-year-old was arrested on foot of a European Arrest Warrant and has been formally extradited to Northern Ireland and into PSNI custody.