A FERMANAGH councillor who lives in the area where a bomb is said to have exploded close to where police were searching for a device, have questioned the PSNI's official version of events.
Dissident republicans, thought to be linked to the Continuity IRA, were said to have lured police and British army bomb disposal officers to the scene, close to Wattle Bridge, after receiving a call on Saturday night.
The area had been sealed off on Sunday morning and an 'object' identified.
However police said that at around 10.35am - after bomb disposal experts had defused a larger device - a secondary device exploded with officers and army bomb disposal standing close to the seat of the blast.
PSNI Deputy Chief Constable Stephen Martin said that the attack was a "deliberate attempt" to lure police and troops into the area to try to kill them.
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Independent councillor John McCluskey however said residents were concerned that the area may still not be safe and has asked why police were not clearer about the type of device which exploded and the exact location of the blast.
Mr McCluskey, who was elected for the first time to Erne East during this year's district council elections, said people living in the community were "baffled" by the official version of events.
The 75-year-old said there appeared to be evidence that a controlled explosion had been carried out.
"There is damage to a concrete post where it would appear, from the lack of scorch marks or damage around it, that a controlled explosion has taken place," he said.
"Local people say they heard one loud bang. What they are now asking is was there one or two devices discovered?
"Was there a controlled blast on a hoax device and if so what happened to the actual bomb?
"When did the PSNI receive this warning and was it coded? Did it give exact information that the people who live and work in this area should be made aware of?
"The statements coming from the PSNI don't give any real information. They don't reassure the people living in around here that it is safe," he claimed.
Mr McCluskey also said that the narrative of a growing presence by the Continuity IRA along the border was not one that he recognised.
However, did say that there was very real concerns about what would happen to the border community, which straddles the border, after Brexit.
"I cross across the border at least ten times a week, sometimes more", he said.
"But if they put any structure or checkpoint at that border I will simply refuse to engage with it.
"I don't know anyone who would, I want peace but not that kind of peace, not a sham peace.
"We need a real peace and what Brexit has done, especially in a border community like this, is make people of all ages questioning what we have now.
"If I was stopped at a road block now, at my time of life I would be angry, now how would that impact on a generation of young people", he added.
The PSNI last night said it was unable to comment at this stage.
