Derry security operation under way before dissident republican parade

Police say parade could be used to launch gun and bomb attacks in effort to upstage Joe Biden’s visit to Northern Ireland

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A security operation is under way in Derry before a parade by dissident republicans that police said could be used to launch gun and bomb attacks in an effort to upstage Joe Biden’s visit to Northern Ireland.

Ch Supt Nigel Goddard said anyone participating in the parade would be committing a criminal offence because organisers had not obtained permission to march through the Creggan area of the city on Monday afternoon.

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