A previously unreported terror plot to strike the “Game of Thrones” set in Northern Ireland was foiled months ago thanks to an informant who tipped off police.
Former Royal Ulster Constabulary police officers who provide security on the set for the popular HBO show were allegedly the target of a bomb plot masterminded by Irish Republican terrorists.
“The dissidents initially got word that a number of ex-RUC and army personnel worked at the studios. They were even told the exact job in which most of them were employed and the catering unit where they took their lunch and tea at the same time every day,” a police source told the Belfast Telegraph Wednesday.
The newspaper reported that the plan was to place explosives next to the catering unit at the Paint Hall Titanic Studios in Belfast.
“Security around Paint Hall was visibly increased and because of this the dissidents never went ahead with the plan,” the source told the newspaper.
Officials said no arrests have been made, the Telegraph reported.
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• Douglas Ernst can be reached at dernst@washingtontimes.com.
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