WOMAN ARRESTED OVER MURDER BID ON POLICE OFFICERS IN WEST BELFAST

The Vauxhall Insignia bullet proof car riddle eight times by dissident republican gunmen

DETECTIVES from the PSNI’s Terrorist Investigation Unit have arrested a 20-year-old woman over a murder bid on police.

Officers came under attack from an AK47 assault rifle in the Andersonstown area of west Belfast in 2015.

The woman was detained in the Newry area this morning, Tuesday, January 31, under section 41 of the Terrorism Act.

She has been taken to the serious crime suite at Musgrave street police station for questioning.

Two properties were also searched during the police operation.

Up to eight shots were fired at the passenger side of a parked police car at Rossnareen Avenue on 26 November 2015.

Two male officers who were in the car cheated injury but were badly shaken.

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