Derry bomb attack: A Woman accuses paramilitaries of running an extortion racket after her mother's home is targeted.

Oct 13, 2014, 10:38 AM

A Derry woman has accused the paramilitaries who targeted her mothers home in a bomb attack over the weekend of running an extortion racket. Kathleen Coyle says the paramilitaries demanded cash from her family just days before they left a bomb in a van outside their home in Drumard Park in Hazelbank. Her 77 year old mother was in the house when the device exploded yesterday morning. Ms Coyle says a member of her family has been ordered out of the city and she's angry that her family are still being targeted. She spoke to our reporter Seán O'Halloran...