Man charged with attempted murder over Northern Ireland car bomb attack

A man appeared in court in Northern Ireland on Saturday charged with five offences including attempted murder over a car bomb attack outside a police station near Belfast.The attack late on April 25, which caused an explosion but no casualties, was claimed by the dissident New Irish Republican Army organization.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Kieran Smyth, a 66-year-old from Belfast, was charged late Friday with offences including attempted murder and possessing explosives and articles for use in an act of terrorism over the attack.Smyth, who was arrested Tuesday, appeared over video link at a magistrates' court in Lisburn, south of Belfast.A police investigator told the court those behind the attack ordered Chinese takeaway and then commanded the driver at gunpoint to drive to the police station with a gas-canister-type bomb in his car, saying he had 30 minutes until it went off.The driver raised the alarm on arrival and police had

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