Dunmurry car bomb attack ‘likely to be New IRA’, says chief constable

A delivery driver was hijacked in west Belfast on Saturday 
PSNI chief constable Jon Boutcher described the incident as an ‘irresponsible, unacceptable act of violence’ (Niall Carson/PA)

PSNI chief constable Jon Boutcher described the incident as an ‘irresponsible, unacceptable act of violence’ (Niall Carson/PA)

A car bomb attack at a police station in Co Antrim is “likely” to have been the work of the New IRA, PSNI chief constable Jon Boutcher has said.

A male delivery driver was hijacked in the Twinbrook area of west Belfast on Saturday night, a device placed inside the vehicle and he was ordered to drive to Dunmurry police station.

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