The mother of two IRA men killed by the SAS has called on dissident republicans to turn away from their campaign of violence after she was forced from her home by a pipe bomb attack.
A viable explosive was discovered near Strabane station on Monday, following a telephone bomb warning early in the morning.
The pipe bomb had rebounded off the wall and landed on waste ground.
Eighty-year-old Patsy Devine and the occupants of seven other houses in Courtrai Park were evacuated from their homes for several hours as Army bomb disposal experts removed the object for further examination.
This is the second time a pipe bomb has landed close to Mrs Devine's home.
"The last one landed on the roof of my bedroom," she told UTV. "The two children and me were going out and if it had gone off we would have been killed."
Mrs Devine said that those who carried out the attack have no support and should end their violent campaign.
"It's happened again and what do they want? Sure, the war is over."
Mrs Devine lost three sons during the Troubles, two of them were IRA members who were killed by undercover SAS soldiers in the town in February 1985.
George Brennan, Patsy's son-in-law, said: "The people who are doing this have no respect for the people who live in this area.
"The youngest person is 55 and down the street everyone is old. To try and throw something over a 60 or 70 foot wall - it's going to fall into someone's house."
The finger of blame has been pointed at dissident republican elements intent on destabilising the peace process.
"The reaction in the area last night was that there wasn't anger towards the bomb squad or the police, it was vented towards those launching these devices," said DPP member Jeffrey Barr.
"As a community worker I am very concerned that it's only a matter of time before someone loses their life."
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