The New IRA claimed has claimed responsibility for an attack outside Dunmurry police station over the weekend with a statement given to an Irish newspaper
A high visibility policing operation is to be launched across Northern Ireland to counter the dissident republican threat, a senior officer has said, after the New IRA claimed responsibility for an attack.
It follows a car bomb attack outside Dunmurry police station on Saturday. Assistant Chief Constable Davy Beck said the policing operation would involve more vehicle checkpoints and officers on patrol which “may cause some inconvenience to the general public”.
Meanwhile, the dissident republican group the New IRA has claimed responsibility for the attack through a statement to the Irish News newspaper.
There has been widespread political condemnation of the incident in which a male delivery driver was hijacked in the Twinbrook area of west Belfast on Saturday (April 25).
A device was placed inside the vehicle and he was ordered to drive to Dunmurry police station. The car exploded outside the station as people were being evacuated. Nobody was injured.
The incident is being treated by police as attempted murder. It happened just weeks after an attempted car bomb attack on Lurgan police station.
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