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Britain: Arrest of a woman in Northern Ireland as part of an investigation into the new IRA

Northern Ireland police today announced the arrest of a 52-year-old woman as part of an investigation into explosive devices by the new Irish Democratic Army (IRA), an opposition Republican organization.

The woman was arrested in the Gregan Catholic district of Derry / Londonderry as part of an ongoing investigation into “new IRA bomb-making activities” as well as explosives storage, Northern Ireland investigator Kat Heaton said in a statement.

The woman, who was arrested under anti-terrorism law, was taken to a police station in Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland.

“Our investigation aims to ensure the safety of the population and their protection from the threat posed by violent groups,” she said, adding that “the construction, storage and improvised explosive devices in residential areas puts the whole world at risk.” indiscriminately “.

The arrest comes three weeks before the 50th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday massacre, during which a total of 14 civilians were killed by British soldiers in a peaceful protest, representing one of the most tragic episodes of the conflict between Catholics and Protestants. Ireland.

The new IRA has admitted responsibility for the April 2019 death of journalist Lyra McKee, who fell from a bullet while covering clashes in Londonderry. Expressing “its sincere and absolute apology” to its relatives, the organization claimed that the journalist was “standing next to the enemy forces”, referring to the police forces.

The group also claimed responsibility for an explosive device discovered in April 2021 under the car of a police officer in Dangween.

The case comes at a time of heightened tensions in Northern Ireland, following a spate of nearly 10 nights of violent backlash amid anger over customs controls imposed over Britain and the British countryside over Brexit.

These events brought to mind the ghost of the “riots”, the violent episodes that raged for three decades between Republicans, mostly Catholic supporters of the unification of Ireland and united Protestants, staunch supporters of maintaining the union with the province.

The Good Friday Agreement reached in 1998 put an end to this conflict that left 3,500 dead and established a fragile peace, but paramilitary organizations remained active.

SOURCE: ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ

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Source From: Capital

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