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A car bomb exploded near a police station in the Northern Ireland seaside resort of Newcastle, injuring three people including a child, police said. A spokesman added that none of them were seriously injured. He said several houses were damaged, with minor damage to the police station. No one claimed responsibility for the attack, but it is believed to be the work of the outlawed Irish Republican Army.
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