Army defuses 600lb bomb in Northern Ireland.Summary: A massive bomb found near the Northern Ireland Northern Ireland: see Ireland, Northern. Northern Ireland Part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland occupying the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland. Area: 5,461 sq mi (14,144 sq km). Population (2001): 1,685,267. border was intended to blow up police, a security chief has said. A massive bomb found near the Northern Ireland border was intended to blow up police, a security chief has said. The device, containing 600lb of fertiliser-based home-made explosives, was defused by army bomb disposal experts outside Forkhill in south Armagh . Police said dissident republicans planted the bomb and planned to detonate det·o·nate intr. & tr.v. det·o·nat·ed, det·o·nat·ing, det·o·nates To explode or cause to explode. [Latin d it using a wire that stretched over the border to a firing point That point in the firing circuit where the device employed to initiate the detonation of the charges is located. Also called FP. inside the Irish republic. Chief Inspector Sam Cordner of Newry and Mourne Newry and Mourne District (pop., 2001: 87,058), southeastern Northern Ireland. Bordered by the Irish Sea and the republic of Ireland, it is divided in two by the Newry Canal, the first major canal in the British Isles, built 1730–41. Police said the bomb was intended to target officers from the Police Service of Northern Ireland The Police Service of Northern Ireland (Irish: Seirbhís Póilíneachta Thuaisceart Éireann) is the police service that covers Northern Ireland. . He said: "There could have been a devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. outcome to this incident. The actions of terrorist criminals in planting this device in the Forkhill area put local people and police officers at significant risk. "Their actions were reckless and dangerous in the extreme. Their target may have been the police, but they did not care who they killed or injured." He added that terrorists had made a "very, very vague" warning phone call to a local newspaper and it was not until much later when the device was found at the side of the Carrie Road. Independent Television News Limited 2009. All rights reserved. Independent Television News Limited 2009. All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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