CIRA bomb-maker ‘may be behind hoax attack on garda’

GARDAÍ are investigating whether a hoax pipe bomb planted outside a garda’s home yesterday was constructed by a bomb-maker suspected of being linked to other recent incidents.

CIRA bomb-maker ‘may be behind hoax attack on garda’

The discovery of the elaborate device was yesterday described as a “sinister development” by both gardaí and politicians.

Security sources suspect a bomb-maker inside the Continuity IRA (CIRA) may have manufactured many of the pipe bombs discovered in the last four months. “Certainly the finger is pointing at the CIRA or possibly someone else with considerable expertise in bomb making,” said one source.

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