La polizia ha arrestato un venticinquenne a Shrewsbury per il tentativo dei gruppi armati repubblicani di uccidere due poliziotti che rispondevano ad una finta chiamata di emergenza
Il venticinquenne è stato fermato sabato mattina e quindi trasferito in Irlanda del Nord.
Due granate improvvisate furono lanciate nelle prime ore di martedì scorso contro una pattuglia di polizia che rispondeva ad una chiamata di emergenza a North Belfast. Gli ordigni sono esplosi mentre gli agenti si dividevano per cercare riparo. Nessuno dei due è rimasto ferito nello scoppio.
È la seconda volta in poche settimane che i gruppi repubblicani attirano i poliziotti utilizzando finte chiamate di emergenza.
Il 29 maggio una donna è stata fermata a North Belfast in collegamento con l’attacco e resta in custodia della PSNI.
Tratto da Guardian
Man arrested over Belfast police bomb attack
Police arrest 25-year-old in Shrewsbury over dissident republican attempt to kill two officers answering bogus 999 call
The 25-year-old was detained in the suburb of Meole Brace early on Saturday morning and has since been taken to Northern Ireland.
Two improvised grenades were thrown at a police patrol answering a 999 call in north Belfast in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The devices exploded as the officers dived for cover and neither of them were hurt in the blast.
It was the second time in a matter of weeks that dissident republicans had lured police officers into an ambush with bogus emergency calls.
A 27-year-old woman who was arrested in north Belfast on 29 May remains in custody in connection with the attack.
Police Service of Northern Ireland commanders have expressed concern that dissident republicans intend to intensify their violence in the run-up to the G8 leaders’ summit at the Lough Erne golf resort in Fermanagh on 17 and 18 June. The summit has prompted the biggest police operation in Northern Ireland’s history, involving 8,000 officers, including 3,600 from England and Wales.