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04/09/2002
Bomb explodes at Portadown petrol station
A bomb has exploded at a petrol station in Portadown in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Police confirmed that a homemade device, electronically operated and packed with nails exploded at Lavery's garage on the Corcrain Road.
While no one was injured in the incident, damage was caused to the back wall of the garage and a petrol pump.
It is unclear at present who was behind the explosion but police believe it may have been abandoned there in transit set for another target.
Sinn Fein have criticised police for, what they say, was a delay of an hour and a half in cordoning off the area.
However, a PSNI spokesperson said that although they arrived at the scene of the explosion within five minutes, the area could not be cordoned off until more officers arrived.
This, they said, was due to the current level of terrorist threat.
(MB)
Police confirmed that a homemade device, electronically operated and packed with nails exploded at Lavery's garage on the Corcrain Road.
While no one was injured in the incident, damage was caused to the back wall of the garage and a petrol pump.
It is unclear at present who was behind the explosion but police believe it may have been abandoned there in transit set for another target.
Sinn Fein have criticised police for, what they say, was a delay of an hour and a half in cordoning off the area.
However, a PSNI spokesperson said that although they arrived at the scene of the explosion within five minutes, the area could not be cordoned off until more officers arrived.
This, they said, was due to the current level of terrorist threat.
(MB)
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