Police in Northern Ireland have declared a security alert in the town of Dunmurry, on the outskirts of Belfast, after reports that a car bomb exploded near a police station

A security incident is underway following the incident in the early hours of Sunday morning in the town outside Belfast.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland asked members of the public to avoid the area (PA) Homes have been evacuated as emergency services report to a security alert in Dunmurry in Northern Ireland after reports of a car explosion outside a police station.

A security alert has been declared in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland, following a car bomb explosion near a police station, prompting evacuations and public warnings.

Police in Northern Ireland declared a security alert in Dunmurry after a car bomb explosion near a police station, prompting evacuations and public warnings.

A device that exploded in a car outside a police station aimed "to kill officers and cause maximum harm", the chair of the Northern Ireland Policing Board has said. Homes were evacuated after the explosion late on Saturday in the Kingsway area of Dunmurry,

A car bomb exploded outside a police station in Northern Ireland in an attempt to kill officers, police have said.

A car exploded outside a police station in Northern Ireland in an incident that grimly echoes the “troubles” terrorist attacks. Videos of the car being consumed in a raging inferno outside the Police Service of Northern Ireland station in Dunmurry emerged on social media early Sunday morning Irish time.