Arm na Poblachta

The group emerged in 2017 by claiming responsibility for planting an improvised explosive device on Pantridge road in Belfast.[5] It is also believed that Arm na Poblachta were responsible for the 2018 shooting death of Antrim resident Raymond Johnston.[6]

On 12 March 2022, Arm na Poblachta left around the junction at Feeny Road and Killunaght Road, near Dungiven, County Londonderry, a bomb that targeted a PSNI vehicle but did not explode.[7] The night of 17 November 2022, an explosive device was thrown to a police car in the town of Strabane and it exploded without the officers in the car getting hurt. Strabane resident Teresa Breslin, whose twin brother Charlie was executed by the SAS in an anti-IRA operation in the town, called the bomb attack "a bloody disgrace," calling it "something we never thought we’d go through again."[1]

Ιn February 2023, Arm na Poblachta claimed responsibility for planting an explosive device in the Corrody Road area of Derry, which resulted in a security alert in the area.[8] In March 2023, the group issued threats against the families of Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) officers. The threats were condemned by the SDLP member of the Legislative Assembly and Northern Ireland Policing Board member Mark H. Durkan.[9] The same month, Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris announced a raise in the terrorism threat level assessment from "substantial" to "severe" for Northern Ireland, a level indicating that an attack is "highly likely," which reverses a 12-year old downward trend.[10]