Overview
- The blast outside Dunmurry police station, which erupted Saturday night during evacuations, followed the hijacking of a delivery car that was forced to the site and left no injuries.
- Detectives arrested a 66-year-old man in the Dunmurry area on Tuesday under the Terrorism Act, and searches continued in east and west Belfast as he was taken to Musgrave Serious Crime Suite for questioning.
- The New IRA claimed responsibility in a statement to the Irish News on Tuesday, said it aimed to kill officers leaving the station, and threatened to bomb police at their homes.
- PSNI leaders launched more checkpoints and patrols across Northern Ireland on Tuesday, asked residents for information, and said investigators are treating the explosion as attempted murder.
- Leaders across Northern Ireland and the UK condemned the attack, which mirrors a failed proxy‑bomb attempt at Lurgan in late March and fits a pattern of dissident groups rejecting the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.