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Man, 66, charged after car bomb attack outside police station in Northern Ireland
Police said the 66-year-old faces attempted murder and explosives charges after a hijacked delivery car was used in the attack.
- A 66-year-old man faces charges including attempted murder and hijacking following a car bomb attack outside Dunmurry Police Station in Belfast last Saturday.
- On Saturday, a delivery driver was hijacked in the Twinbrook area of west Belfast and forced to drive a vehicle containing a gas cylinder to the police station.
- The PSNI described the attack as "reckless," while investigators attributed the incident to the dissident republican group known as the New IRA.
- Arrested on Tuesday under the Terrorism Act, the suspect is due to appear before Lisburn Magistrates Court on Saturday, with all charges subject to Public Prosecution Service review.
- Deputy Chief Constable Bobby Singleton reported no injuries occurred during the blast, which follows a similar incident at the Lurgan police station.
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Belfast Man Charged with Attempted Murder Over Police Station Car Bomb
A 66-year-old Belfast man appeared in court in Northern Ireland on Saturday charged with five offenses, including attempted murder, over a car bomb attack outside a police station near Belfast. Kieran Smyth was charged late Friday with attempted murder, possessing explosives and articles for use in terrorism. The April 25 attack, which caused an explosion but no casualties, was claimed by the dissident New Irish Republican Army. Arrested on Tues…
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