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'No idea' why bomb thrown in car Dissidents behind car pipe bomb
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A householder has said he has absolutely no idea why a car parked outside his home in Londonderry was attacked with a pipe bomb. Dissident republicans are being blamed for a pipe bomb attack on a car in Londonderry.
The device, which failed to explode, was thrown into his son's girlfriend's Mini in Hatmore Park on Monday night. The device, which failed to explode, was thrown into a car in Hatmore Park on Monday night.
The man, who did not want to be identified, said he initially thought the wind had blown a bin over. The police have said they are still working to establish a motive, but they suspect dissidents republicans were involved.
"I was going to bed and heard a thump. I looked out and saw a flash, and I knew somebody had thrown something." Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness, said the incident was "absolutely disgraceful".
"Everybody knows that except for a very tiny number of people the day of the bomb and the bullet are over, the war is over.
"We do have people who harbour the notion that they can destabilise our institutions and plunge us all back into the bad old days and return tens of thousands of British soldiers to the streets.
"They're going to fail, and they're going to fail miserably," he said.
The vehicle belonged to the girlfriend of the householder's son.
The man, who did not want to be identified, said he had absolutely no idea why the car was attacked.
"I looked out and saw a flash, and I knew somebody had thrown something," he said.
"I looked out, and saw the smoke."I looked out, and saw the smoke.
"I went and got an extinguisher but it wasn't on fire, it was just smoke damaged."I went and got an extinguisher but it wasn't on fire, it was just smoke damaged.
"CID came up then and told me it was a pipe bomb," he said. "CID came up then and told me it was a pipe bomb."
The police said they have yet to establish a motive for the attack.The police said they have yet to establish a motive for the attack.
SDLP councillor Mark H Durkan condemned the attack and said it seemed "some organisation" must have been responsible.SDLP councillor Mark H Durkan condemned the attack and said it seemed "some organisation" must have been responsible.
"I have spoken to the police who have confirmed that a pipe bomb has been used which would lead me to believe that there was some organisation behind it. "I have spoken to the police who have confirmed that a pipe bomb has been used which would lead me to believe that there was some organisation behind it," he said.
"There can be no justification for this sort of meaningless attack on someone's property," he said. "There can be no justification for this sort of meaningless attack on someone's property.
"The family I have spoken to are traumatised that something like this has happened outside their house - they have lived in the area for 25 years. This has just confused them and disturbed them.""The family I have spoken to are traumatised that something like this has happened outside their house - they have lived in the area for 25 years. This has just confused them and disturbed them."