DUBLIN (AP) — Northern Ireland police say two officers have escaped injury after two pipe bombs were thrown at their vehicle after they responded to a bogus emergency call.
No group claimed responsibility for Tuesday’s ambush in an Irish Catholic part of north Belfast. But Irish Republican Army splinter groups regularly target police as part of their efforts to undermine Northern Ireland’s peace process.
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