Senseless Londonderry culture office bombers will kill: PSNI chief

PSNI Chief Superintendent Stephen Martin says it is only a matter of time before dissident republicans - who bombed Londonderry’s City of Culture offices for the second time this year on Wednesday (October 12) - kill police or civilians.
By The Newsroom
Published 13th Oct 2011, 10:24 BST

Doors, shutters and the interior of the Customhouse Street premises were damaged and glass was broken in nearby buildings.

Drinkers were smoking outside a bar just 15 yards from where the rucksack device exploded but the area had been cleared following a warning.

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Mr Martin said: “It is only a matter of time until some mistake happens and these people take the life of a police officer or a civilian.”

This is the second time the City of Culture 2013 offices have been targeted this year. The office is in Guildhall Square, a busy thoroughfare with restaurants and businesses nearby.

Police received a warning at 9.45pm yesterday and saw the rucksack-type bag lying at the door of the premises. They evacuated the area and it exploded an hour later, before army technical officers arrived to deal with it.

Mr Martin said the bombers were “senseless”.

“People, most probably from this city, carried out an attack, not on the police last night, they carried out an attack on the people of this city,” he said.

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