said the CIRA was responsible for orchestrating rioting and public disorder in Newry and Craigavon, during which PSNI officers came under attack from youths armed with bricks, bottles, stones and paintbombs. 14 June: The CIRA claimed responsibility for an attempted a landmine attack on a PSNI patrol-car in Rosslea, County Fermanagh. The landmine partially exploded as the car passed, injuring two officers. 19 July: The CIRA threatened to shoot civil servants from Northern Ireland's Driver & Vehicle Agency for co-operating with the PSNI. 16 August: The CIRA claimed responsibility for firing a rocket-propelled grenade at a PSNI patrol in Lisnaskea, County Fermanagh. It partially exploded, lightly hurting three officers. Police believed the weapon formerly belonged to the PIRA and that it malfunctioned because it hadn't been stored in good conditions. 25-26 August: The IMC blamed the CIRA for orchestrating civil disturbances, hijackings and rioting in Craigavon, County Armagh. It said that it believed the CIRA tried to lure police officers into positions where they could be attacked. A number of shots were fired during the disturbances. 4 October: The IMC blamed the CIRA for a roadside bomb near Newtownbutler, County Fermanagh. 5 November: The CIRA claimed responsibility for a blast-bomb attack against Lurgan PSNI base. There were no injuries. 26 November: The CIRA issued threats against community workers who co-operate with the PSNI in north Belfast. 2009 14 January: The CIRA claimed responsibility for destroying a JCB digger at Casement Park, Belfast. It was destroyed after the contractor refused to pay protection money to the group. 29 January: The IMC blamed the CIRA for an armed robbery in Dungannon, County Tyrone. 10 February: The CIRA is believed to have been responsible for leaving three pipe bombs on Shiels Street, off the Falls Road in Belfast. They were made safe by the British Army. 10 February: The IMC blamed the CIRA for a hoax bomb alert in Armagh town. 3 March: The CIRA was blamed for the discovery of pipe bombs at a house in the Phibsborough, Dublin. 9 March: The CIRA claimed responsibility for shooting dead a Catholic PSNI (formerly RUC) officer in Craigavon. The officer, Stephen Paul Carroll, was shot by a sniper as he and a colleague investigated a complaint of broken windows in a nearby home. This was the first police fatality in Northern Ireland since 1998. Brendan McConville, a former PIRA volunteer, and John Paul Wootton,