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Sat 09 Sep 2009Real IRA claims responsibility for Derry pipe bombs
THE REAL IRA, suspected of being behind the 600lb bomb defused at Forkhill, Co Armagh earlier this week, has said it was responsible for two pipe-bomb attacks on the homes of family members of a PSNI officer in Derry and of a so-called punishment shooting in the city.
Minister for Security Paul Goggins led condemnation of the attacks, while the PSNI commander in Derry, Chief Supt Steven Martin, said the dissident republicans would not succeed with their attempts to intimidate his officers and their families.
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