Woman survives Belfast bomb blast
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Woman survives Belfast bomb blast
A policeman's girlfriend has been wounded after a device went off under her car as she left his Belfast home. The 38-year-old woman was taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital and was later discharged with non-serious injuries. The woman was reversing a red MX5 sports car out of the drive of the semi-detached house at Kingsdale Park in east Belfast when there was an explosion under the front of the car. The blast, at 7.30am, sent shockwaves through the quiet residential area less than half a mile from police headquarters. A major security operation was mounted in the area, with army bomb disposal experts examining the car. East Belfast Assembly member and Ulster Unionist party leader Sir Reg Empey said after being briefed by police: "This is a quiet residential area and if it is the case of a police officer being targeted, I think it is a very serious development." He said it put into perspective the arguments under way about the devolution of policing and justice. "We are arguing the toss and we are giving ammunition to the dissident republican agenda."
ITN | October 16, 2009
