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Explosion at Belfast PSNI station | Explosion at Belfast PSNI station |
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There has been a small explosion outside a police station in north Belfast. | There has been a small explosion outside a police station in north Belfast. |
A police spokesperson said officers were investigating the incident which took place at the rear of Old Park police station. | A police spokesperson said officers were investigating the incident which took place at the rear of Old Park police station. |
The blast caused damage to fencing at the perimeter wall. There were no reports of any injuries. | The blast caused damage to fencing at the perimeter wall. There were no reports of any injuries. |
Army bomb experts have been tasked and a number of surrounding properties have been evacuated. | Army bomb experts have been tasked and a number of surrounding properties have been evacuated. |
The SDLP assembly member for North Belfast, Alban Maginness, said he believed it was an attack by dissident republicans. | The SDLP assembly member for North Belfast, Alban Maginness, said he believed it was an attack by dissident republicans. |
"It is clearly part and parcel of a dissident republican campaign to exacerbate tension in the community and to destabilise the political situation even further," he added. | "It is clearly part and parcel of a dissident republican campaign to exacerbate tension in the community and to destabilise the political situation even further," he added. |
Dissident republicans were also blamed for a similar attack in north Belfast in October when a small bomb was thrown into a Territorial Army base in Ashfield Crescent . |