Man arrested in connection with dissident murder bid against police

By The Newsroom
Published 7th Mar 2017, 14:11 BST
Updated 24th Mar 2017, 10:58 BST
PACEMAKER BELFAST 27/11/2015 Police say they are treating a gun attack on officers in west Belfast, in which up to eight shots were fired, as attempted murder.PACEMAKER BELFAST 27/11/2015 Police say they are treating a gun attack on officers in west Belfast, in which up to eight shots were fired, as attempted murder.
PACEMAKER BELFAST 27/11/2015 Police say they are treating a gun attack on officers in west Belfast, in which up to eight shots were fired, as attempted murder.
A 29-year-old man has been arrested by detectives probing a dissident republican murder bid against police in west Belfast in 2015.

Armoured plating and bulletproof glass saved the lives of the two officers inside a vehicle when they were ambushed.

The car was riddled with up to eight rounds.

Detective Chief Inspector Geoff Boyce said: “Detectives from the PSNI’s serious crime branch investigating the attempted murder of police officers at Rossnareen Avenue, Belfast, on November 26, 2015 have this morning arrested a 29-year-old man.”

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He has been taken to Musgrave serious crime suite in Belfast city centre for questioning.

The week before the attack a member of the travelling community was critically injured when he was shot in the head in the same area.

The officers had been part of follow-up operations in Rossnareen Avenue when they were attacked.

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