Belfast police make terrorism arrest

Suspect detained as Police Service of Northern Ireland warns public to be vigilant over Easter weekend Police in Northern Ireland have arrested a man in connection with loyalist terrorist activity. The arrest came after police warned the public to be vigilant over the Easter weekend because of the “severe threat posed by terrorists”. Security checkpoints and patrols are being stepped up as a result. The 40-year-old man was detained in the Donegall Road area of Belfast at about 9.30am on Saturday during a planned police operation. He was taken to the serious crime suite in Antrim for questioning. On Friday, officers investigating dissident republican activities recovered a substantial haul of guns and ammunition from a vehicle in Keady, County Armagh near the Irish border. Three men arrested at the scene remain in police custody. Just three weeks after the murder of Constable Ronan Kerr in Omagh , the Police Service of Northern Ireland warned that terrorist groups could be intent on trying to murder more officers in the coming days and weeks. A police spokesman said: “Dissident terrorist groups are continuing to identify officers and target them with the single objective of killing them. In so doing, their reckless actions will also put the lives of our wider communities at risk.” The warning came as thousands of mainstream republicans supporting Sinn Féin and the peace process prepared to hold dozens of commemoration parades throughout Ireland to mark the 1916 Rising. Northern Ireland UK security and terrorism David Batty guardian.co.uk

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