East Belfast: Prison officer injured after bomb explodes under van

sassy wrote:It's never stopped, read the all the incidents last year on the link.

Stormee wrote:There has been a 'quietness' over there for quite some time irrespective of incidents.
I hope it stayz.

As Northern Ireland sees an upsurge in dissident republican attacks, here are some of the most serious incidents to take place since March 2009.

December 2015

Dissident republicans have been dealt "a significant blow" by a weapons and explosives find in the Republic of Ireland, the Garda (Irish police) say.
Image copyright Philip Fitzpatrick Image caption Irish police found a range of weapons in County Monaghan
The weapons, including AK-47 assault rifles, mortars, detonators and other bomb parts, were discovered in County Monaghan, close to the border with Rosslea in County Fermanagh, on 1 December.
Insp James O'Leary, of Monaghan police station, said the weapons would have posed "a very significant threat to security personnel on both sides of the border".
On 15 December, a further arms find, described as a "significant cache" by Irish state broadcaster RTÉ, is made in County Louth.
It has reported that the haul included AK47 assault rifles, mortars, explosive material, detonators, other bomb components and at least one revolver.
It follows police searches at a home and lands in Jenkinstown, close to the border with Northern Ireland.

November 2015

A gun attack on police officers in west Belfast on 26 November, in which up to eight shots were fired, is being treated attempted murder.
A number of shots struck the passenger side of a police car parked at Rossnareen Avenue.
Image copyright PSNI Image caption A number of shots hit the passenger window of a police car in an attack in west Belfast
Two officers who were in the car were not injured but were said to have been badly shaken.
Police describe it as a "mindless, reckless attempt to kill officers".
On 23 November, police seize bomb-making components and ammunition during searches at Broom Close in Twinbrook and Glenwood Walk, Poleglass, in west Belfast.
The haul includes 700 rounds of assorted ammunition, seven mercury tilt switches, detonator cord, firework powder and an assault rifle magazine.
Image caption Some of the items discovered during searches in west Belfast

October 2015

The threat to the lives of police officers from dissident republicans in the north west of Northern Ireland remains severe, a senior officer says on 6 October.
Supt Mark McEwan said that from September 2014 there had been 15 bomb incidents in the Derry City and Strabane District council area.
They included seven attacks on the police.
On 10 October, a bomb is found in the grounds of a Londonderry ahead of a police recruitment event.
The police recruitment event was cancelled. Two other police recruitment events in Belfast and Omagh went ahead despite bomb alerts at the planned venues.
On 15 October, police sayd they believe that a bomb found in north Belfast may have fallen from a car belonging to a man with connections to the armed forces.
Image caption Police said the bomb in north Belfast "had the potential to cause serious injury or death"
The device was discovered at Linden Gardens, off the Cliftonville Road.
It is not clear if the intended target was passing through the area or visiting someone there.
Sinn Féin MLA Gerry Kelly said a young boy had kicked the bomb while it lay on the street.

August 2015

Police say a mortar bomb found in a graveyard in Strabane, County Tyrone, on 1 August was an attempt to kill officers.
Image caption Police found a mortar bomb during an alert in Strabane
The device was positioned where it could be used to attack passing PSNI patrols, police said.

June 2015

A bomb is found under a police officer's car in Eglinton, near Londonderry, on 18 June.
Police said the attack was a "clear attempt to murder police officers".
PSNI District Commander Mark McEwan said the wife of the officer concerned was also a member of the PSNI.

May 2015

Image caption Police said a bomb left at Brompton Park in north Belfast was designed to kill officers
Two bombs found close to an Army Reserve centre in Londonderry were left about 20 metres from nearby homes.
The devices were left at the perimeter fence of the Caw Camp Army base and were discovered at 11:00 BST on 4 May.
The two bombs partially detonated.
About 15 homes in Caw Park and Rockport Park were evacuated during the security operation.
A device found in north Belfast on 1 May was a substantial bomb targeting police officers, the PSNI said.
A controlled explosion was carried out on the device at the Crumlin Road junction with Brompton Park.
The PSNI blamed dissident republicans for the bomb and said it could have caused "carnage".
Ch Supt Nigel Grimshaw said it was a "fairly substantial cylinder-type device" that was "designed to do one thing - kill".

April 2015

On 28 April, a bomb explodes outside a probation office in Crawford Square, Londonderry.
Police said they were given an "inadequate" warning before the device went off.
No-one was injured.
Image copyright PAcemaker Image caption Damien 'Dee' Fennell was remanded in custody after being charged with encouraging people to commit acts of terrorism
A prominent dissident republican activist is remanded in custody charged in connection with comments he allegedly made at an Easter Sunday republican commemoration.
Damien 'Dee' Fennell, 33, from the Ardoyne area of north Belfast, is accused of encouraging people to commit acts of terrorism.
He is also accused of supporting a proscribed organisation.
It follows a speech he gave in Lurgan, County Armagh, earlier in the month.

March 2015

A Londonderry man beaten with iron bars by a masked gang blames dissident republicans for the attack.
Gerald Lavey, 30, said his children clung to him during the attack by up to six men at his home at Ballymagowan Avenue, Creggan, on 31 March.
He said the gang dragged him from his living room to the front garden where he was beaten with iron bars and nails.
Hours after the attack, a wheelie bin was set alight next to the house.
On 26 March Derry men, William McDonnell, 28, from Culfdaff Gardens in the Creggan area, and Thomas Ashe Mellon, 39, from Rathmore Gardens, plead guilty to having a handwritten note which was being smuggled into Maghaberry Prison for dissident republican prisoners.
It was a handwritten note for a purpose connected with the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism.
A neighbour who went to help two men beaten with baseball bats in a paramilitary-style attack in Derry said they were left for dead.
The men were beaten with baseball bats and iron bars by a gang of six to eight masked men who broke into a flat at Ederowen Park in Galliagh on 15 March.
The victims suffered injuries to their heads, ribs and legs.
It is believed one of the masked gang had a gun.

February 2015

Image caption A bomb was found during a search of the Curryneiran estate in Derry
A bomb is found is found during a security alert in the Curryneiran estate in Londonderry on 17 February.
Police said they believe the bomb was intended to kill officers and that those who had left it showed a "callous disregard for the safety of the community and police officers".
Some residents had to be moved out of their homes overnight. The alert started after phone calls claiming an explosive device had been left in a laneway.
At least 40 dissident republican prisoners are involved in an incident at Maghaberry Prison on 2 February.
Prison management withdrew staff from the landings in Roe House housing dissidents.
A protest, involving about 200 people, took place outside the prison in support of the republican prisoners.

January 2015

Two men are arrested by Irish police investigating dissident activity, in Dundalk, County Louth on 13 January.
A man in 40s was detained and a rifle recovered after a car was stopped and searched on the Point Road on Tuesday.
Image copyright MI5 Image caption MI5's Andrew Parker said most dissident republican attacks were foiled
A man in his late 50s was later arrested during a follow-up search at a house also in Dundalk.
Police described the original stop and search of the car as a planned operation.
On 8 January, the head of MI5 says most dissident republican attacks in Northern Ireland in 2014 were foiled.
Andrew Parker said of more than 20 such attacks, most were unsuccessful and that up to four times that amount had been prevented.
He made the remarks during a speech in which he gave a stark warning of the dangers UK is facing from terrorism.
He said it was "unrealistic to expect every attack plan to be stopped".