A 25-year-old police officer has been killed by a booby-trap car bomb in Northern Ireland, police have confirmed.
The device exploded under the vehicle outside his home in Highfield Close, off the Gortin Road in Omagh, Co Tyrone, just before 4pm.
It is understood the 25-year-old was a new recruit to the Police Service of Northern Ireland and was a Catholic.
Politicians north and south of the border condemned the bomb attack on the residential housing estate.
Shadow Northern Ireland secretary Shaun Woodward said: "This evil and cowardly attack will sicken everyone across Northern Ireland. These crimes are targeted on those who protect the community.
"We all deeply mourn the brave young man whose life was taken by this savage crime. We all have a duty to stop those behind it from succeeding."
Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams said his party was determined that those responsible would not set back the progress of the peace and political process.
Tanaiste Eamon Gilmore, the Republic of Ireland's Foreign Affairs Minister and deputy leader, warned that those behind such violence have no mandate and are acting contrary to the democratic will of the people of Ireland, north and south.
The blast will send shivers through the people of Omagh, where 29 people, including a woman pregnant with twins, were killed when a Real IRA car bomb exploded in 1998.
The device exploded under the vehicle outside his home in Highfield Close, off the Gortin Road in Omagh, Co Tyrone, just before 4pm.It is understood the 25-year-old was a new recruit to the Police Service of Northern Ireland and was a Catholic.
Politicians north and south of the border condemned the bomb attack on the residential housing estate.
Shadow Northern Ireland secretary Shaun Woodward said: "This evil and cowardly attack will sicken everyone across Northern Ireland. These crimes are targeted on those who protect the community.
"We all deeply mourn the brave young man whose life was taken by this savage crime. We all have a duty to stop those behind it from succeeding."
Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams said his party was determined that those responsible would not set back the progress of the peace and political process.
Tanaiste Eamon Gilmore, the Republic of Ireland's Foreign Affairs Minister and deputy leader, warned that those behind such violence have no mandate and are acting contrary to the democratic will of the people of Ireland, north and south.
The blast will send shivers through the people of Omagh, where 29 people, including a woman pregnant with twins, were killed when a Real IRA car bomb exploded in 1998.
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