Oglaigh na hEireann revendique

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A republican dissident splinter group called Oglaigh na hEireann has admitted planting an under-car bomb that injured the girlfriend of a police officer in east Belfast.

Using a recognised codeword the group said that it was a mercury tilt-switch-type device designed to cause maximum damage to the passenger side of the vehicle.

A serving police officer who works as a dog handler was the intended target.

The 38-year-old woman was pulled from her mangled sports car at 7.30am on Friday and taken to hospital where she was treated for minor injuries.

She was reversing her red Mazda MX5 out of the driveway of a semi-detached house in Kingsdale Garden when the bomb exploded.

It is believed the woman often gave her partner a lift to work.