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IRA Dissidents throw grenade at police
[Iran Press TV] Dissident republicans have allegedly carried out a grenade attack on Northern Ireland police forces in Londonderry, according to news reports. Police said they had to evacuate several homes near the area, where officers were called to respond to a security alert in the Southway Road area in Creggan on Monday. Army explosives experts were examining a suspicious object at the area, when a man threw a hand grenade at police and made off in the direction of Kildrun Gardens, police said. The bomb described by police as viable failed to explode, they added. It is suspected that dissidents may have staged the alert to lure police into the area to carry out the grenade attack. "It is only by sheer good fortune that we do not have a fatality on our hands", said Police Chief Superintendent Stephen Martin. "I am appalled at the callous disregard and recklessness of those who threw the grenade at police, especially as a number of children were close to officers at the time of the attack. "My officers should be allowed to carry out their duties without the added pressure of misguided individuals intent on causing them harm", added the police chief. There have been numerous dissident attacks on police in Derry in recent years. This latest incident comes after a masked man read out a statement from the Real IRA threatening to kill nationalist coppers at an Easter Rising commemoration in the city last month. Posted by: Fred 2011-05-12 |
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