A 66-year-old man faces charges of attempted murder following an alleged car bomb incident at Dunmurry Police Station in Northern Ireland. The individual, who remains unidentified by authorities, is accused of various offenses, including possessing explosives with intent to harm or cause damage, triggering an explosion likely to endanger life or property, having items for terrorism, and hijacking.
Law enforcement detained the suspect in the Dunmurry region on Tuesday under the Terrorism Act. He is scheduled to appear before Lisburn Magistrates’ Court on Saturday, pending a review of all charges by the Public Prosecution Service.
In a separate event, a delivery driver’s vehicle was reportedly hijacked in the Twinbrook area of west Belfast on Saturday. Allegedly, the car was equipped with a gas cylinder device, and the driver was instructed to drive to Dunmurry Police Station. The vehicle detonated outside the station while evacuations were in progress, with no reported injuries.
The New IRA, a dissident republican group, asserted responsibility for the purported attack in a statement to The Irish News. The organization had previously claimed involvement in a similar occurrence in Co Armagh.
