The New IRA has claimed responsibility for an attempt to murder a police officer with a car bomb in Northern Ireland last week. The republican dissident group said in a statement on Thursday June 5th night
that it planted the device that was discovered under the officer’s car
at Shandon Park golf club in Belfast on Saturday. It was defused without causing casualties.
“We were unlucky this time but we only have to be lucky once,” said the statement, which was passed to the Irish News using a codeword.
“We are confident the device would have exploded if it was not for the level terrain it had travelled on,” said the statement, which referred to the group as the “IRA”.
Two cars linked to the attempted bomb attack were found on fire in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast early on Saturday June 1st. One of the cars had Dublin licence plates, prompting a cross-border investigation.
The New IRA emerged in 2012 via a merger of several groups opposed to the peace process, including the Real IRA. Police believe it has several hundred active supporters, a mix of former Provisional IRA members and new, young recruits.
“We were unlucky this time but we only have to be lucky once,” said the statement, which was passed to the Irish News using a codeword.
“We are confident the device would have exploded if it was not for the level terrain it had travelled on,” said the statement, which referred to the group as the “IRA”.
Two cars linked to the attempted bomb attack were found on fire in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast early on Saturday June 1st. One of the cars had Dublin licence plates, prompting a cross-border investigation.
The New IRA emerged in 2012 via a merger of several groups opposed to the peace process, including the Real IRA. Police believe it has several hundred active supporters, a mix of former Provisional IRA members and new, young recruits.
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