Northern Ireland

Two men arrested in Dublin for 2015 Eglinton bomb attempt

The scene at Eglinton in 2015 as police investigated an attempted bomb attack on a serving officer's car.
The scene at Eglinton in 2015 as police investigated an attempted bomb attack on a serving officer's car. The scene at Eglinton in 2015 as police investigated an attempted bomb attack on a serving officer's car.

Garda detectives have arrested two men under a European Arrest Warrant in connection with the attempted murder of two police officers in Derry

The arrests were part of a joint operation with the PSNI.

The two men, aged 29 and 32 years, were arrested in Dublin in connection with the attempted murder of two police officers at Eglinton, Derry on 18th June 2015 and possession of explosives with intent to endanger life.

They are due to appear this morning at the High Court in Dublin.

Army technical officers defused a viable bomb after it was discovered under the intended victim's car which was parked outside the home he shared with his fellow police officer wife at Glenrandel near Eglinton.

Five men, from Lurgan, Dublin and Eglinton, were arrested in the days after the attempted bombing but all were released without charge. A group calling itself the IRA later claimed responsibility for the attack.