Senior officer drove car to golf tournament with bomb attached underneath

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Senior officer 'drove car to golf tournament with bomb attached underneath'

Force plays down reports a 55-year-old senior member of police team unwittingly caught up in deadly game.

Shandon Park Golf Club: Evacuated after bomb find

Date - 4th June 2019
By - Nick Hudson - Police Oracle

An off-duty “top” officer is thought to have taken a potentially lethal journey for a competitive round of golf – unaware a booby trap bomb was strapped underneath his car. The Police Service of Northern Ireland today played down...

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