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Terror group ‘planned police bombing’ (UTV)
Dissident terror group Óglaigh na hÉireann planned to “wipe out” a police car and its occupants in a deadly mortar bomb attack in Belfast within the last fortnight, UTV can reveal.
The information was disclosed to security journalist Brian Rowan, who says the aim was to force the end of normalised policing.
“What they wanted to do was prompt a whole security review … and force police back into armoured vehicles,” he said.
ONH has been behind a number of serious attacks on security forces – including the denotation of a car bomb at Palace Barracks, which houses MI5’s Holywood headquarters.
The group also critically injured PSNI Constable Paeder Heffron in an under-car bomb attack and targeted the partner of another officer and an Army major.
In a statement, the Police Federation said it was “well aware of the escalating threat level in north and west Belfast in particular”.
It revealed that, since the beginning of the year, there have been twelve shootings and eleven bombings in that district – reinforcing the need for additional police resources.
While the latest ONH attack was planned and then abandoned – because a police car failed to arrive on the scene – it once again underlines the group’s deadly intent.