An explosive device in a car that detonated outside a police station on the outskirts of Belfast was “sent to kill officers”, the chairman of the Northern Ireland Policing Board has said.
Forensic officers were examining the burnt-out vehicle on Sunday morning in a side street beside the PSNI station in the Kingsway area of Dunmurry. Homes in the area have been evacuated and a cordon is in place. Policing board chairman Brendan Mullan said the device “was sent to kill officers and cause maximum harm in an attack which was in the heart of a residential area”.
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Source: The Irish News
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