Car explosion outside police station ‘may be work of New IRA’ – PSNI

Forensic investigators at the scene in Dunmurry in Northern Ireland after a car explosion outside a police station (Niall Carson/PA). - (PA Wire)

A car which exploded outside a police station on the outskirts of Belfast had been “hijacked” and the New IRA is believed to be responsible, police have said.

PSNI Deputy Chief Constable Bobby Singleton said the car was hijacked shortly after 10.50pm on Saturday in the Twinbrook area of west Belfast and a gas cylinder device was placed in the boot.