Ulster Unionist Policing Board Member Ross Hussey MLA has condemned the terrorist who planted a bomb on a bus in Londonderry last night.
Mr Hussey said:
“What happened last night in the Ballymagroarty area of Londonderry yesterday evening was a study in madness, recklessness and cowardice.
“It is scarcely credible that someone could carry a bomb onto a bus containing passengers and a driver and order the driver to take it to Strand Road Police Station.
“Republican terrorism is littered with stories of unstable explosive devices which detonated prematurely killing innocent people and on occasion the terrorists transporting them.
“The terrorists responsible care nothing for the safety of the public or working people. Last night it was a bus driver and her passengers who were put at risk in an attempt to kill Police officers, the other week it was post office employees endangered by explosive devices being sent through the post.
“These people may be relatively small in terms of their numbers and popular support, but they do have the ability capacity to inflict injury and disruption on wider society.
“The entire community must unite against these fanatics and deny them any cover from which to conduct their activities. I make no apology for repeating my call on the Secretary of State to ensure that the Chief Constable has all the resources and support from other agencies – including MI5 and the NCA – which he requires to enable the PSNI to not only deal with the threat from this latest brand of republican violence, but to stamp it out, permanently.”