Car Bomb Blast Shakes Police Station in Northern Ireland

2026-04-26 01:49:14

(MENAFN) An explosion shook a police station on the outskirts of west Belfast, Northern Ireland, late Saturday night, triggering evacuations of nearby homes and sending footage of a blazing vehicle circulating across social media, reports said Sunday.

The blast was heard across the city shortly after 11 p.m. local time (2200 GMT), according to reports. Videos circulating online showed a car engulfed in flames outside a Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) base in the Kingsway area of Dunmurry, media reported.

Police confirmed that residents in the surrounding area were being evacuated as a precaution. The Belfast Telegraph also reported that a vehicle may have been hijacked in the area prior to the explosion — a detail that, if confirmed, would point to a deliberate, coordinated attack on the security installation.

No injuries were immediately reported in the wake of the blast.

Authorities had yet to release any information regarding the cause of the explosion or the scope of the ongoing investigation at the time of publication.

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