{"id":20714,"date":"2026-04-28T23:15:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T22:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=20714"},"modified":"2026-04-28T23:15:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T22:15:06","slug":"northern-ireland-makes-arrest-linked-to-suspected-new-ira-car-bombing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=20714","title":{"rendered":"Northern Ireland makes arrest linked to suspected New IRA car bombing | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>The nationalist group has been escalating threats, nearly 30 years after a peace deal largely ended sectarian violence in the region.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"byline byline--single-avatar\">\n<div class=\"avatars-container\">\n<div class=\"responsive-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2017-06-08T131939Z_1189275883_RC11B0FE7F20_RTRMADP_3_GULF-QATAR-JAZEERA-1714943623.jpg?resize=96%2C96&amp;quality=80 96w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 96px) 96px, 96px\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 28 Apr 2026<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">28 Apr 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Northern Irish police have made an arrest \u2060after the nationalist group New IRA claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack on a Belfast police station.<\/p>\n<p>The Police Service of \u2060Northern Ireland \u2060on Tuesday said a \u206066-year-old man was arrested under the United Kingdom\u2019s Terrorism \u200cAct and searches were ongoing in both east and \u200cwest of Belfast. Sectarian pressures have been building recently in the UK-controlled territory, 28 years after political agreement put an end to decades of violence.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>No one was injured in the blast on Saturday, which occurred after a delivery vehicle was hijacked and the driver forced to drive to Dunmurry police station on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The New IRA declared on Tuesday that it had intended to kill police coming out of the station, according to local outlet Irish News, and warned that it planned to \u2060target officers at their homes with bombs.<\/p>\n<p>The New IRA typically claims responsibility \u200cfor attacks in coded statements to local newspapers.<\/p>\n<p>Assistant Chief Constable \u200cDavy \u200cBeck said that the latest attack demonstrated a clear intent to disrupt communities and potentially injure or kill police officers and staff, according to the Reuters news agency.<\/p>\n<p>The New IRA is one of a small number of active armed groups that oppose a three-decade-old peace deal that largely ended sectarian violence in the northern part of the island.<\/p>\n<p>The dissident group rejects the political compromises at the heart of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement that stipulates Northern Ireland will remain part of the United Kingdom unless a majority votes by referendum to unite with the Republic of Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>The group \u2060has been behind a mounting series of attacks on police, including a similar attempted car bombing at a police station outside Belfast last month.<\/p>\n<p>The targeting of police officers at their homes would be an escalation. The last officer to be killed in Northern Ireland, Constable Ronan Kerr, died \u200cwhen a bomb exploded under his car outside his home 15 years ago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The nationalist group has been escalating threats, nearly 30 years after a peace deal largely ended sectarian violence in the region. Published On 28 Apr 202628 Apr 2026 Northern Irish police have made an arrest \u2060after the nationalist group New IRA claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack on a Belfast police station. 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