Judge’s daughter escapes death
NZPA-Reuter Belfast The daughter of a leading Northern Ireland judge narrowly escaped death yesterday when a bomb exploded under her car outside a Belfast court, the police said. Jane Watt, a barrister, and a passenger jumped to safety after the police near the court building noticed a suspicious package under the car. said a spokesman. The bomb exploded shortly after, injuring no-one. but wrecking the car. The police said that they believed the bomb was planted by Irish Republican extremists when the car was parked at the judge’s family home south of Belfast city centre.
The Irish National Liberation Army later claimed responsibility for planting the bomb.
Miss Watt’s father, Judge Roy Watt, has heard many cases against extremists. The police said that those behind the attack probably intended to kill the judge and planted the bomb under his daughter’s car by mistake. Meanwhile, the police in Ulster said that they shot dead one gunman and seriously injured another yesterday. '
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