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Sky News (UK) • May 1, 2026 16:50

Man, 66, charged after car bomb attack outside police station in Northern Ireland

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A man has been charged with several offences following a car bomb attack outside a police station in Northern Ireland.

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Sun 03:03 - BBC Headlines

Homes evacuated after explosion near Northern Ireland police station

Sun 09:42 - Sky News (UK)

'Explosive device' that detonated outside police station was attempt to 'kill officers', says police board chair

Sun 09:42 - Sky News (UK)

Babies among residents rushed to safety as car bomb explodes next to police station

Mon 07:01 - Euronews

New IRA suspected in car bomb blast outside Northern Ireland police station

Mon 11:25 - Sky News (UK)

Northern Ireland 'will not accept being dragged backwards' after car bomb, says first minister

Tue 13:19 - Sky News (UK)

Man arrested over car bomb attack outside police station

Thu 08:42 - Sky News (UK)

Homes evacuated as suspected WW2 device found

Thu 09:34 - Sky News (UK)

London station evacuated after 'number of passengers complained of feeling ill'

Fri 12:16 - France 24

Australian Indigenous protesters and police clash over arrest of suspected killer of 5-year-old girl

Fri 13:24 - BBC Headlines

Watch: Moment WW2 bomb detonated in Plymouth

Fri 16:50 - Sky News (UK)

Man, 66, charged after car bomb attack outside police station in Northern Ireland

Fri 16:58 - BBC Headlines

Man charged after explosion at Dunmurry police station

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BBC Headlines

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16:58

Man charged after explosion at Dunmurry police station

The 66-year-old was arrested under the Terrorism Act on Tuesday 28 April in the Dunmurry area.

13:24

Watch: Moment WW2 bomb detonated in Plymouth

A loud explosion was heard as bomb disposal experts made the 250kg device safe.

03:03

Homes evacuated after explosion near Northern Ireland police station

A security incident is underway following the incident in the early hours of Sunday morning in the town outside Belfast.

Euronews

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07:01

New IRA suspected in car bomb blast outside Northern Ireland police station

Police probe a car bomb outside Dunmurry station near Belfast, with two minors evacuated and the New IRA suspected of the overnight attack.

France 24

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12:16

Australian Indigenous protesters and police clash over arrest of suspected killer of 5-year-old girl

Police fired tear gas into a crowd of hundreds of Indigenous people who gathered outside a hospital in the remote town of Alice Springs Thursday night following the arrest of …

Sky News (UK)

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09:34

London station evacuated after 'number of passengers complained of feeling ill'

A major London train station has been closed with police on the scene after reports of a "suspected gas leak".

08:42

Homes evacuated as suspected WW2 device found

More than 1,000 homes have been evacuated in Plymouth after an unexploded suspected WW2 device was discovered at a building site.

13:19

Man arrested over car bomb attack outside police station

A man has been arrested by counter terror police after a bomb detonated inside a hijacked car outside a police station just outside Belfast.

11:25

Northern Ireland 'will not accept being dragged backwards' after car bomb, says first minister

Michelle O'Neill has said Northern Ireland "will not accept being dragged backwards" after a car bomb exploded next to a police station just outside Belfast on Saturday night.

09:42

'Explosive device' that detonated outside police station was attempt to 'kill officers', says police board chair

A "device" has caused a car to explode outside a police station in Dunmurry, in what the chair of the Northern Ireland Policing Board said was an "attempt to kill …

09:42

Babies among residents rushed to safety as car bomb explodes next to police station

Two babies were among several residents being evacuated when a car bomb detonated inside a hijacked car in Dunmurry, the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has said.