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Man, 48, charged with attempted murder over Lurgan police station attack

Pacemaker A police officer stands with his back to the camera and is stood near a grey, unmarked police car. There is a police cordon closing off the station and a white Audi car is visible in the distance in the station, flanked by two large grey brick blast walls.Pacemaker
The attack targeted the police station in the centre of Lurgan

A 48-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder after an attack on a police station in Lurgan in March.

He has also been charged with attempting to cause an explosion, hijacking and possession of explosives with intent to endanger life or damage property.

Six weeks ago, two masked men, one armed with a gun, hijacked a delivery driver and told him he would be killed if he did not drive a bomb to a police station.

The man will appear at Craigavon Magistrates' Court on Friday 8 May.

On Wednesday a woman was charged with obstructing police by detectives investigating the attack.

Residents of about 100 homes were evacuated at the time of the incident.