Police are investigating a claim that the dissident republican group Arm na Poblachta left a viable bomb outside a Londonderry police station.
A grey Ford Mondeo was hijacked by a number of men at about 22:30 GMT on 20 November
Police are investigating a claim that the dissident republican group Arm na Poblachta was responsible for leaving a bomb outside a Londonderry police station.The driver had been forced at gunpoint to take the vehicle to the station.Speaking last Wednesday Supt Clive Beatty said: "Our line of enquiry at the moment is that violent dissident republicans are responsible for this and one potential line of enquiry is that it is the work of the New IRA.
Arm na Poblachta is one of the smallest of four dissident republican groups which currently operate in opposition to the 1998 peace agreement.Police had initially described the bomb left outside the police station as "an elaborate hoax" but later confirmedThe incident sparked a major security alert in Derry during which a number of homes were evacuated and a local school closed.
The device had been placed in the delivery driver's car in the Currynierin area of the city before he was forced to drive the 2.5 miles to the police station.
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