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NI woman facing extradition to Germany

Roisin McAliskey - Facing extradition to Germany
Roisin McAliskey - Facing extradition to Germany

Roisin McAliskey, the daughter of former MP Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, is facing extradition proceedings in connection with a mortar attack on a British Army base in Germany in the 1990s.

The 35-year-old was arrested in Dungannon this morning under a European extradition warrant and was then detained in Coalisland, Co Tyrone.

Ms McAliskey is facing charges in connection with an IRA attack on a British Army base in Osnabruck, Germany in June 1996.

She has been granted bail pending a full hearing on 6 June.

Ms McAliskey faced a similar action in 1998. The then British Home Secretary, Jack Straw, decided at the time that she could not be extradited for health reasons, as she was pregnant.