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A police investigation is under way after a 100lb bomb was defused in south Armagh. | A police investigation is under way after a 100lb bomb was defused in south Armagh. |
The bomb, which was found on Saturday outside Jonesborough, led to a two-day security operation. | |
The bomb was concealed in a hedgerow. Its discovery resulted in Finnegans Road and Molly Road being cordoned off. | |
Sinn Féin MP for Newry and Armagh Conor Murphy condemned the attack and said whoever was responsible had no support from the community. | |
"It is disgraceful and I think the people involved in this, and I presume that this is some dissident republican group, have no support in that community and they certainly have no strategy to achieve any political objectives," he said. | |
DUP MLA William Irwin said the police were the intended targets. "Indeed, it would seem there was an attempt to lure police into the area." | DUP MLA William Irwin said the police were the intended targets. "Indeed, it would seem there was an attempt to lure police into the area." |
He continued: "This has been a tactic used in other dissident attacks and once again demonstrates the determination of some in Northern Ireland to take human life in pursuit of their goal to destabilise the province." | |
The SDLP's Dominic Bradley said those who left the bomb showed "absolutely no consideration for the residents of the local area". | The SDLP's Dominic Bradley said those who left the bomb showed "absolutely no consideration for the residents of the local area". |
"It was an act of complete irresponsibility and one which all right-thinking people will condemn outright without reservation." | "It was an act of complete irresponsibility and one which all right-thinking people will condemn outright without reservation." |
Army bomb disposals experts made the device safe and police took it away for forensic examination. | Army bomb disposals experts made the device safe and police took it away for forensic examination. |
PSNI area commander Chief Inspector Sam Cordner condemned those behind the bomb attempt. | PSNI area commander Chief Inspector Sam Cordner condemned those behind the bomb attempt. |
"Those responsible for planting this device and whose misguided attempts to inflict death, injury and destruction for whatever reason have nothing to offer anyone in our community," he said. | "Those responsible for planting this device and whose misguided attempts to inflict death, injury and destruction for whatever reason have nothing to offer anyone in our community," he said. |