The scene in Dunmurry in Northern Ireland after reports of a car explosion outside a police station, Sunday April 26, 2026.
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– Police in Northern Ireland said Sunday (April 26, 2026) they suspect dissident Irish republicans could be behind an overnight car bomb attack outside a police station near Belfast, which caused no reported casualties.
The explosion in Dunmurry, southwest of the Northern Irish capital, occurred after a “gas cylinder-type device” was placed in a delivery driver’s hijacked car and driven to the location, according to police.
It followed a similar attempted bombing on March 30, when the device failed to explode outside a police station in the nearby town of Lurgan, with paramilitary group the New IRA claiming responsibility for that attack.
Published – April 26, 2026 10:48 pm IST