British army dismantles van bomb in Northern Ireland
LONDONDERRY, SPA: British army experts dismantled a large van bomb Sunday that had been abandoned by a roadside in Londonderry, Northern Ireland's second-largest city. No group claimed responsibility for the thwarted attack, but police and politicians blamed Irish Republican Army dissidents opposed to the IRA's 1997 cease-fire.
Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-06-15 |