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| Prominent republican facing charges of conspiracy to murder security forces | Prominent republican facing charges of conspiracy to murder security forces |
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| Prominent Armagh republican Colin Duffy is one of three men who have been charged with offences including conspiracy to murder members of the security forces. | |
| Two of the men have been charged with a gun attack on police vehicles in north Belfast this month. | |
| All three, aged 46, 47 and 52, will appear at Belfast magistrates court in relation to the offences. | All three, aged 46, 47 and 52, will appear at Belfast magistrates court in relation to the offences. |
| The two younger men are charged with aiding and abetting the attempted murder of police officers on Crumlin Road on 5 December and aiding and abetting the possession of firearms with intent to endanger life on the same date. | |
| All three are charged with conspiracy to murder members of the security forces, conspiracy to possess explosives with intent to endanger life, possession of firearms with intent to endanger life and membership of a proscribed organisation. | All three are charged with conspiracy to murder members of the security forces, conspiracy to possess explosives with intent to endanger life, possession of firearms with intent to endanger life and membership of a proscribed organisation. |
| The men were arrested in Belfast and Lurgan on Sunday. | The men were arrested in Belfast and Lurgan on Sunday. |
| The attack on police vehicles occurred during a loyalist protest against a ban on Orangemen being allowed to march back up the Crumlin Road from 12 July. | |
| Two police Land Rovers and one mobile police sign were struck with bullets during the attack. | Two police Land Rovers and one mobile police sign were struck with bullets during the attack. |
| Gunmen used a homemade raised platform to fire at the police from the republican Ardoyne district. | |
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