A 66-year-old man has been arrested by detectives investigating a bomb explosion at a police station on the outskirts of Belfast. A hijacked car, which had been fitted with a gas cylinder device, detonated outside Dunmurry Police Station last Saturday night. The man, who was detained in the Dunmurry area, was arrested under the Terrorism Act and was taken to Musgrave Serious Crime Suite for questioning.
Police said they are also carrying out a number of searches in both east and west Belfast. In a statement to The Irish News, the "New IRA" said it was responsible for the attack.
The dissident republican group said it had been an attempt to kill police officers as they tried to leave the building. On Tuesday, Assistant Chief Constable Davy Beck said the PSNI's job was "to keep communities safe and also our officers who bravely serve to protect these communities" and called on the "active support" of communities.
"The Troubles" was a 30-year (late 1960s–1998) ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland, centered heavily in Belfast, involving unionists (mostly Protestant) wanting to stay in the UK and nationalists (mostly Catholic) wanting a united Ireland. Over 3,500 people died, with intense paramilitary violence and military intervention ending with the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.
...
Do you like a strong cup of tea? I found this in Belfast a long time ago.
It's the best tea I've ever tasted. Buying it in packs of four boxes
reduces the cost to just 20 cents per cup.
...
No comments:
Post a Comment