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| Device 'targets' Craigavon police | |
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| There are reports that an explosive device has been thrown at a police station in Craigavon, County Armagh, but there are no reports of injuries. | |
| Police said Brownlow police station was targeted on Saturday evening but the building was not hit. | Police said Brownlow police station was targeted on Saturday evening but the building was not hit. |
| Army bomb experts are at the scene and a nearby road has been closed. | Army bomb experts are at the scene and a nearby road has been closed. |
| SDLP MLA Dolores Kelly said: "Republican dissidents seem to be upping their game and becoming more emboldened by recent events." | SDLP MLA Dolores Kelly said: "Republican dissidents seem to be upping their game and becoming more emboldened by recent events." |
| Democratic Unionist MP for the area David Simpson said the incident was "very reckless" coming on the back of other recent incidents. | |
| Pc Stephen Carroll was shot dead by the Continuity IRA in Craigavon last March. | Pc Stephen Carroll was shot dead by the Continuity IRA in Craigavon last March. |
| A car bomb exploded close to Newry courthouse in County Down on Monday. | A car bomb exploded close to Newry courthouse in County Down on Monday. |
| On Wednesday night, Kieran Doherty, 31, was bound and shot by the Real IRA in Londonderry. | On Wednesday night, Kieran Doherty, 31, was bound and shot by the Real IRA in Londonderry. |
| Dissident republicans | Dissident republicans |
| At the time of Monday's car bomb, police said it was a "miracle" no-one was killed or injured. Officers had been evacuating the area when the bomb went off in New Street. | At the time of Monday's car bomb, police said it was a "miracle" no-one was killed or injured. Officers had been evacuating the area when the bomb went off in New Street. |
| Dissident republicans opposed to the peace process are being blamed for that attack. | Dissident republicans opposed to the peace process are being blamed for that attack. |
| It came days after a mortar bomb was abandoned near a police station in the village of Keady, about 20 miles away. | It came days after a mortar bomb was abandoned near a police station in the village of Keady, about 20 miles away. |
| In the last few years a number of large car bombs been have planted but have either failed to detonate or only partially detonated. | In the last few years a number of large car bombs been have planted but have either failed to detonate or only partially detonated. |