Security operation after car bomb at Belfast PSNI station

A major security operation is under way in Belfast after a device in a car exploded outside a PSNI station.

The police have sealed off roads leading to Dunmurry police station in the south of the city.

It follows reports of a loud bang and videos circulating on social media of a vehicle on fire at the station around midnight.

In a statement, the PSNI said it is attending the scene of a "security alert" in the Kingsway area of Dunmurry.

Fire crews and police officers worked together to put out the blaze.

The PSNI said cordons had been placed in the vicinity of the scene and an evacuation took place.

Members of the public are asked to avoid the area.

DUP Leader Gavin Robinson MP has said there can be no complacency around national security following a car explosion outside Dunmurry Police Station.

Mr Robinson said; "The reports of a car explosion outside Dunmurry Police Station are deeply concerning and the full facts must now be established as a matter of urgency.

"If this was another attempt by dissident republicans to intimidate communities and target the police, then it must be met with the full force of the law.

"Only four weeks ago, Lurgan was the scene of another serious security incident.

Whether this is reckless one-upmanship between dissident groupings or part of a wider pattern, the intent is the same.

They want to drag Northern Ireland backwards and to undermine stability and confidence in the rule of law.

"These are the actions of neanderthals with nothing to offer society except destruction and division.

They will not succeed.

"There can be no complacency when it comes to national security.

For too long there has been an assumption that these groups had been broken and rendered incapable by the work of the intelligence services.

While enormous credit is due to those agencies for the lives they have protected, incidents like this are a reminder that the threat remains real and demands constant vigilance.

"Our police officers and the wider public should never have to face this kind of danger.

Those responsible must be identified and brought before the courts."
Sinn Féin MP Paul Maskey said: "Those involved represent no one, are void of support and have nothing to offer our society.

"They should get off the backs of our communities who want to live in peace and continue moving forward to a better future."What is clear is that the overwhelming majority of the public rejects these ridiculous actions and understands they achieve nothing but disruption."
Alliance Party MP for Lagan Valley Sorcha Eastwood said it is distressing and disturbing that a car bomb exploded outside the police station.

Posting on X, she said "it is only through the grace of God that there are no casualties".

It is distressing and disturbing to wake up to the news that a car bomb exploded outside Dunmurry police station last night.

A busy area, a car bomb left outside residential housing, small businesses and any number of people out and about on a Saturday night working or… pic.twitter.com/T3LiNPfDkD — Sorcha Eastwood MP (@SorchaEastwood) April 26, 2026
Several weeks ago, what the PSNI described as a "crude but viable bomb" was driven into Lurgan police station in Co Armagh after a fast-food delivery driver was hijacked at gunpoint and forced to drive his vehicle there.