Woman hurt in Belfast explosion
A PSNI officer’s girlfriend has been injured after a bomb exploded under her car as she left his Belfast home.
The 38-year-old woman was taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital with minor injuries and was later discharged.
She was reversing a car out of the drive of the semi-detached house at Kingsdale Park in east Belfast when there was an explosion under the front of the car.
The blast, at 7.30am, sent shockwaves through the residential area less than 1km from police headquarters.
A major security operation has been mounted in the area, with army bomb disposal experts examining the car.
East Belfast Assembly member and Ulster Unionist party leader Sir Reg Empey said after being briefed by police: ‘It seems some sort of device exploded under her car as she backed out of the drive.
‘This is a quiet residential area and if it is the case of a police officer being targeted, I think it is a very serious development.’
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