Police say they were investigating the parcel identified at a postal sorting office in the western county of Limerick and were liaising with British authorities
A suspicious parcel found at a postal sorting office in the western Irish county of Limerick appears to be identical to letter bombs sent to buildings in London and the University of Glasgow this month, Irish police said on Friday.
A dissident Irish nationalist group calling itself the “IRA” claimed responsibility for three letter bombs sent to London and a fourth to Glasgow. The small group is made up of militants opposed to Northern Ireland’s 1998 peace deal.British police said those claiming responsibility had indicated that five devices were sent and Irish Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan was quoted as saying the postage stamp on the Limerick parcel suggested it “could well be the fifth.
“It is a dreadful consequence of the uncertainties around Brexit where in the context of the heightened tensions in Northern Ireland, in the island of Ireland that people have taken it on themselves to send letter bombs,” he was quoted as telling national broadcaster RTE. White postal bags holding small bombs were sent to London’s Heathrow and City airports and Waterloo, the capital’s busiest train station, on March 5. One device caught fire when opened but caused no injuries and services continued at all three hubs.
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