Police investigating the attempted murder of two police officers in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland have arrested three men.
The officers had been on patrol in Strabane when a bomb detonated at the side of their vehicle on Thursday.
It happened shortly before 23:00 GMT in the Mount Carmel Heights area.
On Friday night, detectives arrested three men, aged 36, 36 and 28, under the Terrorism Act after conducting a number of searches in Strabane. Neither officer was injured.
Detectives earlier said a strong line of inquiry was that dissident republican group the New IRA was behind the attack.
Earlier on Friday, PSNI assistant chief constable Bobby Singleton said the incident caused a major security alert in the area.
It affected more than 1,000 residents and left some children unable to get to school.
Police have said they have discovered what could be a command wire for the improvised explosive device during follow-up searches.
Mr Singleton said the officers who had been conducting routine patrols over ongoing antisocial behaviour in the area were left "shaken" when they saw a flash and heard a loud bang.
"They left the area, came back to the station and they found evidence of some blast damage to their police vehicle," he added.
Source: BBC
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