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A man has been arrested in Scotland after a bomb attack on an off-duty police officer in Northern Ireland five years ago. He was detained in Glasgow on suspicion of attempted murder and possession of explosives with intent to endanger Read More …
Army bomb disposal experts in Northern Ireland have received a new state-of-the-art robot. The latest T7 Remote Controlled Vehicle (RCV) apparently allows the operator to “feel” the suspicious object as they investigate, and is also fitted with high-definition camera equipment. Read More …
An explosive device has been found outside the home of a brother of murdered solicitor Pat Finucane, Sinn Féin said. Martin Finucane is also the uncle of the party’s MP John Finucane. Army technical officers examined the object in the Read More …
Two Dublin men are to be extradited to Northern Ireland for the alleged attempted murder of a PSNI officer, a High Court judge has said. Dublin men Ciaran Maguire (aged 29), of Kippure Park, Finglas South and Sean Paul Farrell Read More …
Police believe the Continuity IRA (CIRA) was responsible for a bomb found attached to a lorry in County Armagh on Tuesday morning. It is thought the device may have been intended for a Brexit day attack. Police said they first Read More …
A bag containing 28 pipe bombs; an improvised under-car bomb; two grenades and other bomb-making equipment has been found in Belfast’s River Lagan. The holdall bag was discovered in the water near the city centre on Thursday, while the river Read More …
A woman and children have been left shaken after a pipe bomb attack on a house in County Down, police said. The security alert in the Killaire Wood Lane area of Bangor has now ended. A number of people were Read More …
A pipe bomb partially exploded in the front garden of a house in west Belfast on Saturday. Police were called to Norglen Parade at 22:35 GMT following reports of a suspicious object in the area. An Army bomb disposal team Read More …
Two men have been arrested by police investigating the discovery of a mortar bomb in County Tyrone in September. The device was found on a wall near houses in Church View, Strabane, on Saturday 7 September. At the time, police Read More …
PSNI Chief Constable Simon Byrne has confirmed the ‘New IRA’ bomb discovered in Creggan this week was not the sole target of the operation that saw the deployment of 80 police officers to the estate on Monday. Chief Constable Byrne Read More …
