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Three charged over Crumlin Road, Belfast, police gun attack | Three charged over Crumlin Road, Belfast, police gun attack |
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Three men have been charged over a gun attack on police in north Belfast earlier this month. | Three men have been charged over a gun attack on police in north Belfast earlier this month. |
Police vehicles were hit with shots from an assault rifle on the Crumlin Road on the night of 5 December. | |
The three men, aged 46, 47 and 52, are to appear at Belfast Magistrate's Court on Tuesday. | |
The two younger men are charged with aiding and abetting the attempted murder of police. All three are charged with conspiracy to murder. | |
They face further charges of conspiracy to possess explosives with intent to endanger life, possession of firearms with intent to endanger life and membership of a proscribed organisation. | |
Two of the police vehicles were towing digital warning signs behind them when the convoy came under fire from the Herbert Street area. | Two of the police vehicles were towing digital warning signs behind them when the convoy came under fire from the Herbert Street area. |
Two of the vehicles and one of the signs was hit by the gunfire. | Two of the vehicles and one of the signs was hit by the gunfire. |
It is understood those behind the attack built a platform on Herbert Street, from where the shots were fired. | It is understood those behind the attack built a platform on Herbert Street, from where the shots were fired. |