US EditionHomes evacuated after explosion near Northern Ireland police station
Police said no injuries were reported as cordons were set up and nearby homes were evacuated after the blast.
- On Sunday, April 26, 2026, an explosion occurred outside The Police Service station in the Kingsway area of Dunmurry. The PSNI is attending the scene of a "security alert."
- Several weeks ago, the PSNI responded to a similar incident at Lurgan police station in Armagh after a delivery driver was hijacked at gunpoint and forced to drive a vehicle described as a "crude but viable bomb" into the building.
- Fire crews and police extinguished the vehicle blaze, with no reported injuries. Authorities evacuated MediaHomes in the vicinity and cordons remain in place around the affected area.
- The incident occurred during Sinn's annual Ard Fheis in Belfast, its first since 2018. Danny Baker, whose Belfast West constituency includes Dunmurry, urged the public to take alternative routes, stating "at this stage, there is very little information, and I hope no one is hurt."
- While a 1998 peace deal largely ended three decades of sectarian violence in Northern Ireland, police officers remain sporadically targeted by small splinter groups of mostly nationalist militants opposed to Britain's rule over the region.
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Northern Ireland police investigate car explosion as attempted murder
BELFAST, April 26 (Reuters) – An attempted murder investigation has begun after a car explosion on Saturday night outside a police station south of Belfast, Northern Ireland’s police service said on Sunday. “We have commenced an attempted murder investigation which will be led by our Terrorism Investigation Unit,” the force said in a statement. (Reporting by Amanda Ferguson, writing by Sam Tabahriti;Editing by Elaine Hardcas…
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A car bomb exploded early in the morning in front of a police station in Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland, without leaving them injured.There is no claim or identification of those responsible for what is considered a frustrated attack.The device was intended to “kill agents and cause the greatest possible damage,” said the spokesman for the Northern Ireland Police Board Michelle O'Neill this Sunday.The deflagration took place at midnigh…
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Police in Northern Ireland declare security alert after reports of a car bomb explosion
Police in Northern Ireland have declared a security alert in the town of Dunmurry, on the outskirts of Belfast, after reports that a car bomb exploded near a police station.
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