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[[File:222205593-d281639e-ba47-4c37-a92c-6ff36ca8e284.jpg|thumb|178px]]'''Christine Connor''' is a Northern Irish terrorist who bombed police officers in May 2013. She posed online as a Swedish supermodel to lure a British man into joining her plot; he took his own life prior to trial. Connor was jailed in 2017. {{Stub}} | [[File:222205593-d281639e-ba47-4c37-a92c-6ff36ca8e284.jpg|thumb|178px]]'''Christine Connor''' is a Northern Irish terrorist who bombed police officers in May 2013. She posed online as a Swedish supermodel to lure a British man into joining her plot; he took his own life prior to trial. Connor was jailed in 2017. | ||
On May 16, 2013 Connor made a hoax 999 emergency call to lure police officers.<ref name=btele>[http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/belfast-woman-christine-connor-pleads-guilty-to-terrorist-offences-including-police-murder-bid-35676851.html Belfast woman Christine Connor pleads guilty to terrorist offences including police murder bid] - The Belfast Telegraph</ref> She threw pipe bombs at responding police, but they failed to explode.<ref name=irish>[http://www.irishnews.com/news/2017/05/04/news/belfast-woman-christine-connor-admits-terror-charges-1016287/ 'Lone wolf' dissident Christine Connor posed as model to lure murder-bid accomplice] - Irish News</ref> | |||
She performed a similar attack two weeks later on May 28.<ref name=btele/> This time she was accompanied by Stuart Downes, a 31-year-old British man.<ref name=tele>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/03/british-man-lured-hurling-bombs-irish-police-woman-posing-online/ British man lured into hurling bombs at Irish police by dissident Republican posing as a supermodel] - The Telegraph</ref> She lured Downes by posing as a Swedish supermodel,<ref name=bbc>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-39790211 'Lone-wolf dissident' Connor admits terror charges] - BBC</ref> using an online profile with photos she had found of Swedish model, fashion designer, and blogger Sanne Andersson.<ref name=irish/> A hoax 999 call lured officers to the aid of a vulnerable woman in Crumlin Road, Belfast.<ref name=tele/> | |||
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Christine Connor is a Northern Irish terrorist who bombed police officers in May 2013. She posed online as a Swedish supermodel to lure a British man into joining her plot; he took his own life prior to trial. Connor was jailed in 2017.
On May 16, 2013 Connor made a hoax 999 emergency call to lure police officers.[1] She threw pipe bombs at responding police, but they failed to explode.[2]
She performed a similar attack two weeks later on May 28.[1] This time she was accompanied by Stuart Downes, a 31-year-old British man.[3] She lured Downes by posing as a Swedish supermodel,[4] using an online profile with photos she had found of Swedish model, fashion designer, and blogger Sanne Andersson.[2] A hoax 999 call lured officers to the aid of a vulnerable woman in Crumlin Road, Belfast.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Belfast woman Christine Connor pleads guilty to terrorist offences including police murder bid - The Belfast Telegraph
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 'Lone wolf' dissident Christine Connor posed as model to lure murder-bid accomplice - Irish News
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 British man lured into hurling bombs at Irish police by dissident Republican posing as a supermodel - The Telegraph
- ↑ 'Lone-wolf dissident' Connor admits terror charges - BBC
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