Firebomb bid by prisoners to be segregated

A firebomb found inside a Northern Ireland jail today is believed to be part of a campaign by loyalist and republican paramilitaries bidding to be segregated.

A firebomb found inside a Northern Ireland jail today is believed to be part of a campaign by loyalist and republican paramilitaries bidding to be segregated.

Amid increasing tensions inside Maghaberry Prison near Lisburn, Co Antrim, army explosives experts were called in to defuse the incendiary device.

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