A Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) Constable, Ian Johnston, has been shot by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) in Belfast and a one thousand pound bomb has been deactivated at Sion Mills, Tyrone.

Report shows scenes at Upper Meadow Street in Belfast and in rear alley where shooting took place.

Interview with Róisín Burns, a neighbour.

Scene at Sion Mills, County Tyrone, where bomb was made safe. British Army helicopter overhead. Army patrol on road.

The reporter is Michael Fisher.

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