Lurgan<\/a> PSNI station, which failed to detonate.<\/p>\nThe paramilitary group has claimed the Dunmurry device included Semtex high explosives, an electrical detonator and \u201cintricate timing device which had 30 minutes on it\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was to give the driver time to get away,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe gas cylinder was to create a fireball.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe driver was told to shout \u2018there\u2019s a bomb in the car\u2019 and leave the area.\u201d<\/p>\n
The hardline group also said the bomb was meant to kill PSNI officers rather than target the station building.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe intention was to kill police coming out of the station,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was not an attack on the station, it was an attack aimed at police leaving the station.\u201d<\/p>\n
The paramilitary group, emerged in 2012 after independent republicans, Republican Action Against Drugs and the Real IRA joined forces, has said it will start to target police officers in their homes.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is our intention, if they keep harassing the republican people, to bomb them in their own houses, with no warning,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have plenty of Semtex and plenty of engineers and we know where they live.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are well aware they are working to an MI5 agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n
The attack on Dunmurry station has attracted widespread political condemnation.<\/p>\n
In its statement the New IRA threatened anyone who co-operates with the police.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe warn anyone collaborating with British crown forces,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnyone who gives information to the crown forces, whoever they are, or wherever they come from, will be severely dealt with.\u201d<\/p>\n
The statement also said the paramilitary group will continue its campaign.<\/p>\n
They added: \u201cThis will continue until the British give a declaration to withdraw.\u201d<\/p>\n
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First Minister Michelle O\u2019Neill and deputy First Minister Emma Little Pengelly joined by Chief Constable Jon Boutcher and Brendan Mullan, Chair of the Policing Board. PICTURE: MAL MCCANN <\/p>\n
At a press conference in Stormont on Monday chief constable Jon Boutcher was joined by Sinn F\u00e9in First Minister Michelle O\u2019Neill, Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly and Policing Bod chair Brendan Mullan.<\/p>\n
Ms O\u2019Neill condemned the attack. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe are absolutely united in condemnation of what has happened, nobody wants to see this on our streets, nobody wants to see the fear that that community experienced on Saturday evening,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think this is a day for political nonsense.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think this is a day for strong condemnation.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a day for us to be united in saying these groups have no place in our society, and it\u2019s a day for us all to say collectively that anybody with any information whatsoever should come forward to the PSNI, because these people need to be dealt with before the courts.\u201d<\/p>\n
The DUP\u2019s Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly echoed Ms O\u2019Neill\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is a responsibility across all of the political parties, particularly at a leadership level, to be sending a very clear message, a condemnation of this terrorist attack on Saturday night, but indeed, a very clear condemnation right across the piece,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New IRA has said it will target the homes of PSNI officers as it claimed responsibility for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23923,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[61,10707,10708,2864,5,6,4299],"class_list":{"0":"post-23922","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"tag-crime","9":"tag-dunmurry","10":"tag-new-ira","11":"tag-psni","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-west-belfast"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116481845044431440","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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The New IRA has said it will continue its armed campaign <\/p>\n