‘Crude but viable’ explosive device deployed in attack on Lurgan police station

Assistant Chief Constable Ryan Henderson (left) and District Commander Superintendent Brendan Green speak to the media outside the police station in Lurgan (Liam McBurney/PA)

A “crude but viable” explosive device was at the centre of an attack on a police station in Northern Ireland.

A delivery driver was forced at gunpoint to transport the device to Lurgan police station late on Monday in a likely dissident republican attack.