On 8 November 2007 two RIRA members shot an off-duty PSNI officer as he sat in his car on Bishop Street in Derry , causing injuries to his face and arm . On 12 November another PSNI member was shot by RIRA members in Dungannon , County Tyrone . On 7 February 2008 , the RIRA stated that , after experiencing a three-year period of reorganisation , it intended to " go back to war " by launching a new offensive against " legitimate targets " . It also , despite having apologised for the Omagh bombing , denied any large scale involvement with the attack and said that their part had only gone as far as their codeword being used . On 12 May 2008 the RIRA seriously injured a member of the PSNI when a booby trap bomb exploded underneath his car near Spamount , County Tyrone . On 25 September 2008 the RIRA shot a man in the neck in St Johnston , near the County Londonderry border . The same man was targeted in a pipe bomb attack on his home on 25 October , the RIRA did not claim responsibility for the attack , but security forces believe they were responsible for it
Omagh bombing
Omagh bombing
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