Police in Northern Ireland on Sunday declared a security alert in the town of Dunmurry, on the outskirts of Belfast, after reports that a car bomb exploded near a police station.

A car bomb attack at a police station in Co Antrim is "likely" to have been the work of the New IRA, PSNI chief constable Jon Boutcher has said.

Policing Board Chair Brendan Mullan said the explosive device was "sent to kill officers and cause maximum harm in an attack which was in the heart of a residential area".