Gli investigatori stanno cercando un possibile collegamento tra l’attentato di Randalstown e quello avvenuto lo scorso anno a East Belfast
L’agente Peadar Heffron, 33 anni, resta ricoverato in gravi condizioni presso il Royal Victoria Hospital, dopo aver perso la gamba destra nell’esplosione di Randalstown, avvenuta venerdì 8 genaio.
L’ordigno esplose mentre il capitano della squadra di calcio gaelico della PSNI si stava recando al lavoro.
Ieri gli investigatori hanno visitato nuovamente la scena dell’attentato per parlare con i testimoni.
“Fortunatamente in quel caso (la bomba) non causò gravi ferite, diversamente da quanto accaduto a Peadar Heffron”.
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Detectives investigate bombing link
Detectives probing the attempted murder of a Catholic police officer near Randalstown Have said they are investigating a possible link with a similar attack in East Belfast last year.
33-year-old Peadar Heffron remains in a critical condition the Royal Victoria Hospital after losing his leg in the Milltown explosion on Friday 8th January.
The device went off as the captain of the PSNI’s GAA team was making his way to work.
Officers revisited the scene on Thursday night to speak to witnesses in the area.
“One of our lines of enquiry is that we are looking at links between this and the investigation into the Kingsdale attack in Dundonald on October 16th .
“Thankfully in that case (the bomb) did not cause major injury, unlike what happened to Peadar Heffron.”