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Release after PSNI attack arrest

Attack scene
Police officers were attacked while on foot patrol

A man questioned about an attack on police officers in County Fermanagh has been released without charge.

The man, in his early 30s, was arrested on Wednesday by gardai in County Cavan, near the border with Fermanagh.

Two police officers were treated for shock and one for minor injuries following Saturday's attack on a PSNI foot patrol in Lisnaskea.

An attempt was made to fire an improvised rocket-propelled grenade, but it failed to leave the launcher.

Dissident republicans were blamed by the PSNI for the attack.

Police said it was the first time dissidents have used Semtex, a commercial explosive previously used by the Provisional IRA.





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