Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness has condemned those responsible for yesterday's bomb attack on the partner of a PSNI officer.

The woman escaped with minor injuries after the device exploded beneath her car as she reversed out of her driveway in east Belfast.

The bomb was planted on the passenger side of the vehicle and the police say anyone sitting there would have been killed.

The police are investigating who the intended target was, but the woman who was hurt in the blast is believed to regularly give her partner a lift to work.

Dissident republicans are the most likely suspects for the attack.

The bombing has drawn widespread condemnation, with First Minister Peter Robinson describing the perpetrators as "evil".

Mr McGuinness, meanwhile, says they have no support in the community and should respect the will of the majority of people in Ireland who want the political progress of recent years to continue.

He says those responsible for yesterday's attack need to understand that their actions are "futile".