Gerry Adams condemns Armagh bomb

Sinn Féin Leader Gerry Adams has condemned those who planted an explosive device in Lurgan, Co Armagh last night.

Gerry Adams condemns Armagh bomb

Sinn Féin Leader Gerry Adams has condemned those who planted an explosive device in Lurgan, Co Armagh last night.

Gerry Adams has said those behind the attack are “entirely unrepresentative of the wider community” in the North

PSNI Detectives believe they were lured to Victoria Street by a call about a hoax device, before a real bomb went off at the scene.

Speaking no the incident Adams said: “Those behind this attack are entirely unrepresentative of the wider community and are enemies of peace, political progress, and Irish unity.

“They have no strategy, support or ideas. They should cease their activities.

“There is no place for militarist factions who merely serve to drag our society backwards.”

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