Three men have been arrested under the Terrorism Act for the alleged attempted murder of two police officers in Northern Ireland.
A PSNI patrol car was targeted by an improvised explosive device on Thursday evening, November 17th, in Co Tyrone.
The incident, which took place in the border town of Strabane, is being investigated by detectives from the Terrorism Investigations Unit.
Police conducted a number of searches in Strabane on Friday evening.
They believe that dissident Republicans of the new IRA were behind the attack.
The three men, aged, 36, 36 and 28 who were arrested have been taken to the Serious Crime Suite at Musgrave Police Station.
The attempted murder investigation continues and police are appealing to anyone with information to contact them on 101.
Evacuation
Some residents in the area were instructed to leave their homes on Thursday evening for their safety.
18-year-old Kiera Boyce, who lives in one of the evacuated homes, found the experience "shocking".
Speaking to Newstalk on Friday, she said: "My estate had been cordoned off for a high-security alert."
"The police had blocked off the street."
"Later on this afternoon, it was confirmed to be a bomb that was used to attack the two policemen."
"That's not what you'd expect to happen in such a wee town, really, in this day and age."
Main image shows a Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) patrol car equipped with Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras in Belfast. PA Images/Alamy
