Police have arrested a 42-year old man in relation to the explosion of a car bomb outside a police station in the North.
The blast occurred at about 3.20am on Tuesday in a taxi which parked outside Strand Road police station in Derry. Damage was caused to the station and the perimeter wall but no one was injured in the incident.
The explosion followed a telephone warning that a device had been planted in front of the station.
According to the PSNI, a taxi driver was approached by two men on Cook Street at about 3am, one of whom had a gun. An object was placed in the driver's car and he was ordered to drive to the police station.
Officers are understood to have been evacuating the area when the device exploded. Damage was caused to the heavily fortified station, plus surrounding buildings including a nursing home and apartments.
This morning police arrested a man in the Derry area and he is currently being held in the Antrim serious crimes suite.