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| Woman's fake bomb hijack ordeal | Woman's fake bomb hijack ordeal |
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| Trouble has flared on the streets of County Armagh for a third night. | Trouble has flared on the streets of County Armagh for a third night. |
| In Lurgan, hijackers told a woman they had placed a device on her lorry and forced her to drive to a police station. However, nothing was found. | In Lurgan, hijackers told a woman they had placed a device on her lorry and forced her to drive to a police station. However, nothing was found. |
| Disturbances are thought to have been sparked last week when three local men were jailed over a dissident republican mortar bomb plot to kill police. | Disturbances are thought to have been sparked last week when three local men were jailed over a dissident republican mortar bomb plot to kill police. |
| The latest unrest in Craigavon and Lurgan came as police boosted patrols to disrupt dissident republicans. | The latest unrest in Craigavon and Lurgan came as police boosted patrols to disrupt dissident republicans. |
| Police are concerned an attack may be planned for the arrival on Tuesday of new PSNI Chief Constable Matt Baggott. | Police are concerned an attack may be planned for the arrival on Tuesday of new PSNI Chief Constable Matt Baggott. |
| As a direct response, on Friday evening police launched Operation Dissent which will see more police patrols and checkpoints in parts of Northern Ireland. | As a direct response, on Friday evening police launched Operation Dissent which will see more police patrols and checkpoints in parts of Northern Ireland. |
| Handgun | Handgun |
| In the latest sporadic trouble, two cars were hijacked in the neighbouring towns of Craigavon and Lurgan. | In the latest sporadic trouble, two cars were hijacked in the neighbouring towns of Craigavon and Lurgan. |
| In Craigavon, up to six masked men forced a man out of his car at the Drumbeg roundabout at about 2140 BST on Saturday. | In Craigavon, up to six masked men forced a man out of his car at the Drumbeg roundabout at about 2140 BST on Saturday. |
| One was carrying a gun while another had a knife. | One was carrying a gun while another had a knife. |
| Twenty minutes later in Lurgan, two men, one armed with a handgun, stopped a woman driving a lorry. | Twenty minutes later in Lurgan, two men, one armed with a handgun, stopped a woman driving a lorry. |
| One of the men told her there was a device strapped to her vehicle and told her to drive to Lurgan Police Station. | One of the men told her there was a device strapped to her vehicle and told her to drive to Lurgan Police Station. |
| She drove a short distance before getting out and called police, who examined the lorry but found nothing. | She drove a short distance before getting out and called police, who examined the lorry but found nothing. |
| The lorry was hijacked at a railway crossing at Lake Street. | The lorry was hijacked at a railway crossing at Lake Street. |
| It is the same area where hijacked vehicles were abandoned on the main Belfast to Dublin railway line on Thursday and Friday, disrupting train services. | It is the same area where hijacked vehicles were abandoned on the main Belfast to Dublin railway line on Thursday and Friday, disrupting train services. |
| Last week, a 600lb bomb was defused at Forkhill in south Armagh, a device which police said had been designed to kill its officers. | Last week, a 600lb bomb was defused at Forkhill in south Armagh, a device which police said had been designed to kill its officers. |
| After the murders of two soldiers and a police officer in March, the threat posed by dissident republicans is said to be higher now than at any time in the past five years. | After the murders of two soldiers and a police officer in March, the threat posed by dissident republicans is said to be higher now than at any time in the past five years. |
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| Vans were set alight on a railway line after being hijacked | Vans were set alight on a railway line after being hijacked |