Two police officers were slightly injured in a landmine attack near the Border at the weekend.
They were in a car crossing a bridge near the village of Rosslea, Co Fermanagh, when part of the device exploded early on Saturday morning.
The Continuity IRA claimed responsibility for the attack.
Its understood the officers escaped cuts and bruises, but suffered hearing difficulties because of the noise and force of the blast at Rellan Road. Police said it was a deliberate attempt to murder the officers who were carrying out inquiries in the area at the time.
The area had been cordoned off since Saturday while British Army bomb disposal officers dealt with the device which consisted of a substantial amount of home made explosives and placed under a bridge with a command wire leading for a firing point some distance away.
Details were only released this afternoon as US President George Bush arrived in Northern Ireland on a brief visit for talks with First Minister Peter Robinson and the deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness.
Chief Superintendent Michael Skuce said: "This was a determined attempt to kill police officers in Fermanagh. The fact that it failed is something for which we should all give thanks.
"Those individuals, who operate under various flags of convenience to justify their misguided attempts to inflict death and injury, have nothing to offer anyone in our community."
PA