New IRA Threatens Home Bombings in Belfast

0:00On April 28th, the new IRA just claimed responsibility for a car bomb that blew up outside of police station in Velfast this past Saturday. No one got hurt, but they hijacked a delivery van, forced the driver to park it there, and warned cops about the explosive as they left. Now they're threatening to take it further by bombing police officers right at their homes with no warning. This fits a pattern of sporadic hits on police by these dissident groups, even almost 30 years after the 1998 piece deal mostly. Shut down the sectarian violence. The new IRA is one of the small holdouts still fighting that agreement, which keeps Northern Ireland tied to the UK unless a vote says otherwise. Folks are on edge because targeting homes marks a real escalation. The last cop killed this way was Constable Ronan Kerr 15 years back when a bomb went off under his car outside his place. These attacks stir up old fears in a region that's been mostly calm. According to a statement they sent to the Irish news with a code word to prove its legit, they aimed to kill officers leaving the station and promised.

1:04More home strikes if police keep harassing Republican communities. Police are ramping up patrols and warnings, but with these groups still active, tensions in Belfast stay high eyes wide open for what's next. That's your update from Global News Today, powered by AI.