Event: Dunmurry

The scene in Dunmurry in Northern Ireland after reports of a car explosion outside a police station, Sunday April 26, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP - Police in Northern Ireland said Sunday (April 26, 2026) they suspect dissident Irish republicans could be behind an overnight car bomb attack outside a police station near Belfast, which caused no reported casualties.The explosion in Dunmurry, southwest of the Northern Irish capital, occurred after a "gas cylinder-type device" was placed in a delivery driver's hijacked car and driven to the location, according to police.It followed a similar attempted bombing on March 30, when the device failed to explode outside a police station in the nearby town of Lurgan, with paramilitary group the New IRA claiming responsibility for that attack. Published - April 26, 2026 10:48 pm IST