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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 .