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Police Threatened as Dissident Groups Target Northern Ireland

4/1/2026

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Northern Ireland's justice minister Naomi Long says dissident republican groups still intend and can attack police.
In Lurgan, a delivery driver was hijacked at gunpoint and forced to transport a bomb to a police station.
The device was deemed a viable improvised explosive.
Sinn Féin assembly member John O'Dowd expressed concern that most Lurgan residents want to move forward.

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Northern Ireland's justice minister Naomi Long says dissident republican groups still intend and can attack police.
In Lurgan, a delivery driver was hijacked at gunpoint and forced to transport a bomb to a police station.
The device was deemed a viable improvised explosive.
Sinn Féin assembly member John O'Dowd expressed concern that most Lurgan residents want to move forward.