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Man charged with attempted murder over police station car bomb

A man has been charged with attempted murder following an attempt to car bomb a police station in Northern Ireland, authorities have said.

The 48-year-old has also been charged with attempting to cause an explosion, hijacking and possession of explosives after the attack at Lurgan police station in County Armagh on 30 March.

He is due to appear at Craigavon Magistrates' Court on Friday.

The dissident republican group the New IRA claimed responsibility for the incident, which involved a food delivery driver being hijacked and forced to drive a "crude but viable" device to the station.

The incident sparked a major security alert, with Justice Minister Naomi Long claiming the device, which failed to explode, would have caused devastation if it had detonated.

Police on Wednesday said they had arrested a 48-year-old man and a 15-year-old boy under the Terrorism Act, while a 39-year-old woman was subsequently arrested and charged with obstructing police.

She was later released unconditionally in respect of perverting the course of justice and assisting an offender.

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Earlier this week, a spokesperson for the Police Service of Northern Ireland called the incident a "cowardly and widely condemned attack", which "put innocent lives at risk".

The spokesperson added: "I'm keen to offer assurance that we will continue in our efforts to bring those responsible to justice."

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