Northern Ireland car bombs 'would have caused devastation

Army bomb disposal teams managed to make the devices safe, but experts later said they were 'ready to go' and would have killed people if they had exploded.
Danny Kennedy has blamed dissident Republicans for the bombs Danny Kennedy has blamed dissident Republicans for the bombs

District Commander Chief Superintendent Alasdair Robinson said: 'The device contained two blue barrels with 125kg of homemade explosives in each one, and a detonator - all the equipment which meant this device was ready to go.

'To explain it, there was 600lbs of explosives. This was a very significant device. If this had exploded it would have caused devastation.'

Ulster Unionist Party MLA Danny Kennedy has claimed the bombs were targeting police officers.

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