Police Blame IRA for Belfast Bank Robbery
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The Irish Republican Army committed last month's massive robbery of a Belfast bank, the Northern Ireland police commander bluntly announced Friday in a move that complicated the province's peacemaking efforts.
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A bank heist and a stabbing undermine trust-building efforts. Police blame the IRA.
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In one of the world's biggest robberies, thieves took the families of two top bankers hostage and forced the bosses to help them steal more than &#36;39 million from the vaults of a Belfast bank's main office, authorities said Tuesday.
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BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair and Northern Ireland Secretary Paul Murphy have been advised that the IRA was almost certainly responsible for last week&#39;s Â£22 million ($55 million) heist at an Australian-owned bank in Belfast.
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THE IRA today denied any involvement in the Â£22 million raid on the Northern Bank headquarters in Belfast. A senior republican source claimed: &quot;We are dismissing any suggestion or allegation that we were involved.
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Hopes of a breakthrough in Northern Ireland's fragile peace process were dealt a potentially heavy blow by reports the province's chief police officer is to formally blame the IRA for a massive bank raid.
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The massive bank robbery in Northern Ireland may have been carried out by paramilitary group the Irish Republican Army (IRA) to provide a &quot;pension fund&quot; for activists ahead of its dissolution.
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A gang held the families of two  Northern Ireland bank officials hostage for 24 hours before  stealing about 20 million pounds ($39 million) in one of  Britain's biggest robberies, police said on Tuesday.
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The IRA looks set to be blamed for the Â£22m bank raid in Belfast by Chief Constable Hugh Orde, the BBC learns.
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Police hunting the raiders who stole an estimated Â£27million from a Belfast bank are convinced they had inside help - and possibly backing from one of Northern Ireland&#39;s terrorist groups.
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As much as Â£20m may have been stolen in a raid at a bank's headquarters in Belfast, police say.
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland - The Irish Republican Army denied involvement Thursday in this week&#39;s massive robbery of the Northern Bank in Belfast.
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Northern Ireland's police chief on Friday pointed the finger of blame for a massive bank robbery in Belfast last month at the Irish Republican Army (IRA), a verdict that will send shockwaves through the ...
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Description: A major heist at the main office of Northern Bank in Belfast nets approximately $43 million. Two bank executives assisted in the robbery after members of their families were kidnapped and threatened.
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BELFAST -- Senior members of Sinn Fein, Northern Ireland's largest Irish nationalist party, approved a huge bank robbery in Belfast carried out by IRA guerrillas, the province's cease-fire watchdog said yesterday.
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The robbery of Â£22m from a Belfast bank was a carefully planned heist by professional criminals, say police.
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A gang held the families of two Northern Ireland bank officials hostage for 24 hours before stealing about 20 million pounds (&#36;39 million) in one of Britain's biggest robberies, police said on Tuesday.