Police have warned that armed dissident groups are planning violent attacks over the Easter holiday weekend as Northern Ireland marks 25 years since the peace accord that ended three decades of bloodshed.
A view of the Lanark Way interface gates on Thursday April 6, 2023 which allow traffic to move between the Republican and Loyalist areas of Belfast, Northern Ireland during limited times of the day and which has been recently painted ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. This month marks 25 years since the Good Friday Agreement largely ended bloodshed that left 3,600 people dead, some 50,000 wounded and thousands bereaved.
LONDON — Police have warned that armed dissident groups are planning violent attacks over the Easter holiday weekend as Northern Ireland marks
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