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15/09/2008
Murphy Slams Republican 'Bombers'
A leading Sinn Fein NI Executive Minister has again condemned dissident republicans.
He said that the people behind the placing of a 'viable' 100lb bomb which has since been removed from a hedge in a south Armagh border village commanded no support and had nothing to offer the country.
The NI Regional Development Minister and 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.
The device was removed after a 24-hour security alert which led a senior police officer to also condemn those who planted the device, saying they had shown "callous disregard" for human life.
Army technical officers were called to Jonesboro on Saturday after a suspicious device was discovered in a hedge. Finnegans Road and Molly Road were cordoned off while the Army dealt with it.
A PSNI spokeswoman confirmed that a "viable explosive device" was made safe and removed for further forensic examination.
Meanwhile, residents in north Belfast were warned to be vigilant after a bomb was found there on Saturday. A security alert began in the Silverstream Road area after a suspicious object was found outside a house. The road was closed while the 'viable device' was examined.
(BMcC)
He said that the people behind the placing of a 'viable' 100lb bomb which has since been removed from a hedge in a south Armagh border village commanded no support and had nothing to offer the country.
The NI Regional Development Minister and 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.
The device was removed after a 24-hour security alert which led a senior police officer to also condemn those who planted the device, saying they had shown "callous disregard" for human life.
Army technical officers were called to Jonesboro on Saturday after a suspicious device was discovered in a hedge. Finnegans Road and Molly Road were cordoned off while the Army dealt with it.
A PSNI spokeswoman confirmed that a "viable explosive device" was made safe and removed for further forensic examination.
Meanwhile, residents in north Belfast were warned to be vigilant after a bomb was found there on Saturday. A security alert began in the Silverstream Road area after a suspicious object was found outside a house. The road was closed while the 'viable device' was examined.
(BMcC)
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