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Sun 02 Feb 2010Dissidents blamed for mortar attack
Dissident republicans were blamed today after a suspected mortar bomb was fired at a police station in Northern Ireland.
The device missed the barracks in Craigavon, Co Armagh, and caused no injuries.
The police station targeted yesterday is in the Brownlow area of Craigavon, a sprawling urban centre of housing estates and roundabouts. It was blown up in 1993 by the Provisional IRA with a nearby health centre and school. There are also business premises in close proximity.
Police received a report yesterday afternoon of a suspicious device on the nearby Tullygally Road. As a search was planned a device was fired at the station. The Tullygally Road device was later declared a hoax.
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