07-12-2017 17:05 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Irish border checkpoints would be terror targets, police chief warns

Checkpoints and cameras on a future hard Irish border would be a potential target and recruitment tool for dissident terrorist groups in Northern Ireland, the region’s deputy police chief has warned.Drew Harris said paramilitary activity was still a major concern after 58 shootings and 32 bombing incidents so far this year, which had gone largely unreported by the media.“Dissident groups see [the border] as an area which is contentious, which will give them a further rallying call to
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