Overview
- Police say the blast followed a Saturday night hijacking in Twinbrook, where masked men forced a delivery driver to take a gas‑cylinder device to the station.
- Officers activated the station’s attack alarm and evacuated nearby homes, moving residents including two babies to safety, and no injuries were reported.
- The PSNI opened an attempted‑murder investigation led by its terrorism unit, and on Monday released body‑worn video that shows the moment the car detonated.
- Senior officers said the attack closely mirrors March’s failed Lurgan plot and is likely the work of the New IRA, using a proxy‑bomb method that coerces an uninvolved driver to deliver an explosive.
- Forensic teams, cordons and extra patrols remain in place as leaders across parties condemn the attack, and police appeal for information while warning that small dissident groups still pose a credible threat.