Man, 66, charged after Dunmurry police station car bomb

A 66-year-old man has been charged after a car bomb attack outside a police station in Belfast last Saturday.

The man was arrested under the Terrorism Act on Tuesday following the attack on the Dunmurry ‌police station in the south ⁠of the city.

The PSNI said the man has been charged with a number of offences.

These include: attempted murder, possessing explosives with intent to endanger life or cause serious injury to property, causing an explosion likely to endanger life or cause serious injury to property, possession of articles for use in terrorism and hijacking by compelling person to act.

He is expected to appear before Lisburn Magistrates' Court tomorrow.

The PSNI said in a statement that all charges will be reviewed by the Public Prosecution Service.

Dissident republican group the New IRA claimed responsibility for the attack, having also claimed responsibility for a similar incident in Co Armagh recently.

The PSNI described the attack as "reckless".

It is understood that a delivery car was hijacked and a gas cylinder placed in the boot.

The driver was ordered to drive the car to Dunmurry police station, where it was subsequently abandoned before the gas cylinder exploded outside the station as people were being evacuated.

Nobody was injured.