Catholic Targeted

From the Telegraph:

Catholic policeman killed in Omagh car bomb

A 25-year-old Catholic police recruit has been killed by a booby trap car bomb at his home in Omagh, County Tyrone.

The device exploded under a vehicle outside his home in Highfield Close, off the Gortin Road, in Omagh, Co Tyrone, just before 4pm today.

The victim, who died at the scene, was named locally as Ronan Kerr.

Neighbours reportedly rushed to help with fire extinguishers to put out the flames from the explosion.

Jeffrey Donaldson, the Democratic Unionist MP for Lagan Valley, said the police officer was targeted because he was a Catholic member of the Police Service of Northern Ireland.