Police back assessment that loyalist paramilitaries did not threaten port staff
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A senior police officer has stood by the assessment that loyalist paramilitaries were not behind alleged threats to port staff in Northern Ireland earlier this year.
A Stormont committee is examining the circumstances around the withdrawal by Mid and East Antrim Council of staff carrying out post-Brexit checks after allegations of loyalist intimidation.
Department of Agriculture staff at Larne port were also withdrawn at the start of February.
PSNI cars outside the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs offices near the Port of Larne (Liam McBurney/PA)
New IRA Blamed For Bomb On Police Officer And Daughter The PSNI have blamed the New IRA for putting a viable explosive device at a police officer s car beside where her three-year-old daughter sits in L Derry.
An investigation has launched after a bomb was left at the rear door of her car in Dungiven.
Speaking at a press conference, Assistant Chief Constable Mark McEwan said: Yesterday morning, our colleague discovered a suspicious object beside her car in close proximity to her house on Ballyquin Road in Dungiven,. We assessed this was a viable device with explosives attached to a container with flammable liquid.
Bomb targeting police officer left inches from three-year-old girl s car seat Connor Lynch
A three-year-old girl s life was put at risk after a bomb was placed just inches from her car seat, police say.
The PSNI are investigating an attack on one of their officers after a viable explosive device was left at the rear door of her car in Dungiven.
The child was also at home at the time of the incident. A section of the Ballyquin Road, Co Derry, was closed on Monday after a suspicious object was found in the area, and officers remain at the scene.
Bomb intended to create fireball planted beside police officer s car with child s seat inside PSNI vehicles block a road during a security operation which has been ongoing since yesterday on the Ballyquin Road near Dungiven after a viable explosive device was found close to the home of a female PSNI officer 20 April, 2021 15:26
Terrorists planted a viable explosive device at the rear of a police officer s car where her three-year-old daughter sits, Assistant Chief Constable Mark McEwan has said. Yesterday morning, our colleague discovered a suspicious object beside her car in close proximity to her house on Ballyquin Road in Dungiven, Mr McEwan said.
Dungiven bomb placed underneath child s car seat
Police have said the device was left at exactly the point where the victim s three-year-old daughter normally sat.
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A device left underneath the car of a serving police officer in Dungiven was left directly at the point where the victim s three-year-old daughter normally sits. Today we are investigating a sickening attack on a young mother who serves her community both as a member of police staff and as a part time police officer, said Assistant Chief Constable Mark McEwan, Head of PSNI Crime Operations Branch. The investigation is still at an early stage but a strong line of enquiry is this is the reason she was targeted by violent terrorists.