POLICE IN THE NORTH have arrested a 42-year-old man in connection with the 200lb bomb which exploded outside a policy station in Derry on Tuesday morning.

The man was arrested in Derry today and taken to a police station in Antrim for questioning.

Two men were reported to have hijacked a taxi in the early hours of the morning, forcing the driver to take them to the PSNI station on Strand Road. They placed an explosive device in the vehicle before abandoning it.

Police claim that a telephone warning alerting them of the bomb was deliberately mistimed to increase the likelihood of injury. No one was hurt in the incident.

A dissident republican group called Oglaigh na hEireann claimed responsibility for the bombing.

Yesterday, Sinn Féin announced its intentions to meet with members of the Real IRA to discuss recent violence in the North.

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Man arrested in connection with Derry bomb

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