New IRA planted car bomb in bid to kill officers: police

Dissident republicans planted a car bomb in the Northern Ireland city of Londonderry in a bid to kill law enforcement officers, police said Tuesday.

A "command wire initiated improvised explosive device" was discovered in a vehicle in Creggan, a historically nationalist stronghold in the border city, police said.

"We assess that this device was to be used against a police patrol," said Police Service of Northern Ireland assistant chief constable Mark Hamilton.

"The bomb would have killed or maimed anyone near it when it detonated."
"It is our assessment that the New IRA is responsible for this bomb."