Bomb removed for forensic tests

Chief Inspector Barton said the device was meant to kill

Police have finished a security operation in County Fermanagh after a bomb was found.

It was discovered on Friday at Clogh Road near Rosslea following reports that dissident republicans had abandoned a landmine in the area.

The device was removed from the scene for further forensic examination, and the road has since reopened.

Chief Inspector Alywn Barton said he had no doubt that the device could have caused serious injury or death.

He said: "I believe this was an attempt to kill members of the community police in the area."

Chief Inspector Barton said a member of the public could have easily stumbled upon the device.

"This was obviously the work of some dissident republican grouping who are intent on committing murder and are not looking on the bright future that lies ahead of us in Northern Ireland," he said.