Craigavon: Device was 'deadly booby-trap'
dissident republicans for trying to murder police officers"Although the explosive was designed and set up to look like a fired mortar, it was in fact a booby-trap device," said PSNI Det Supt Richard CampbellHe said the device, had it exploded, would have"undoubtedly been catastrophic for anyone in the immediate vicinity".
Det Supt Campbell added that a mortar was not in fact fired, and that"the entire incident was staged in order to bring police into an area where another deadly and unstable device awaited". On Friday night, the area was busy with"people out socialising, teenagers and residents attempting to simply go about their daily lives", Det Supt Campbell said.
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