PSNI foil bid to bomb Derry's main police station; attempt widely condemned

Armed PSNI men have seized four mortar bombs just minutes before dissident republicans planned to blitz Derry’s main police station.

PSNI foil bid to bomb Derry's main police station; attempt widely condemned
Mon, 04 Mar, 2013 - 18:04

Armed PSNI men have seized four mortar bombs just minutes before dissident republicans planned to blitz Derry’s main police station.

They rammed a Citroen Berlingo van, which had been heading for the Strand Road HQ a mile away with four primed home-made missiles ready to be launched through a roof which had been cut open.

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