The PSNI has released footage of the moment of a bomb attack outside a police station in Belfast on Saturday night.
The police service said the footage shows officers evacuating homes in the area to keep people safe as the bomb detonated outside Dunmurry police station.
It comes after PSNI Chief Constable joined Stormont leaders today to show a united front following the bomb attack.
Jon Boutcher stood alongside First Minister Michelle O'Neill and deputy First Minister Emma Little Pengelly for the news conference in Parliament Buildings.
They were joined by the chairman of Northern Ireland's Policing Board Brendan Mullan.
A male delivery driver was hijacked in the Twinbrook area of west Belfast on Saturday night, a device was placed inside the vehicle and he was ordered to drive to Dunmurry police station.
The car later exploded outside the station as local residents were being evacuated.
The incident came just weeks after an attempted car bomb attack on Lurgan police station.
The Chief Constable said today: "This was a deliberate, reckless and stupid attack that endangered so many people's lives.
"And this was not just an attack aimed at our incredible police officers and staff.
"This was an attack against all of us, against you, against everybody in society, these mindless idiots risked the lives of local residents, including two young babies."
Ms O'Neill said it was vital that civil society saw politicians and police standing together against those responsible for the bombing.
She said "those responsible for this selfish act" did not offer society anything positive.
Ms Little Pengelly said terrorism was wrong 40 years ago and was still wrong today.
Watch: Belfast car bomb was 'attack against all of us', says PSNI chief
"It's not our future and it's not our present," she said.
Mr Mullan said: "It's important that we stand here together, united in our condemnation of what happened on Saturday evening."
Earlier today, Mr Boutcher said the car bomb attack was "likely" to have been the work of the New IRA.
Speaking on BBC Radio Ulster, he paid tribute to the delivery driver in the latest incident - who he said had been forced to drive the vehicle to Dunmurry police station after being hijacked at gunpoint - as an "incredibly brave guy".
"He alerted police staff and officers as to what had happened, and then obviously we undertook an evacuation," Mr Boutcher said.
"The officers, without any consideration for their own safety, came out of the police station to make sure that residents from nearby to the car were evacuated to ensure they were kept safe and, at that point, the device within the car detonated causing quite some damage, but fortunately nobody was seriously injured or killed," Mr Boutcher said.
Asked whether police had any intelligence to suggest it would happen, Mr Boutcher said: "We didn't anticipate this. We did have an incident at Lurgan a few short weeks ago, a very similar incident where a car was hijacked at gunpoint and was driven into the front of Lurgan police station.
"We are seeing a period of behaviour from these utterly mindless thugs, who nobody supports, nobody is with them, nobody is behind them. We're seeing a period of behaviour that we need to address very quickly, arrest them and put them where they belong, which is in prison.
"In the first instance at Lurgan, responsibility was claimed by the New IRA, no one has yet claimed responsibility for the incident from last night which put so many members of the public and children's lives at risk, as well as police officers.
"But we're expecting to hear a claim of responsibility, and from what we know, it may likely again be the New IRA."
'Reckless attack' criticised by Police Federation Chair
The chair of the Police Federation for Northern Ireland described the attack as "another fruitless and reckless act by a desperate bunch of no hopers".
Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, Liam Kelly praised his colleagues' response, saying it was just through the grace of God that no one was injured on Saturday night.
He said that his colleagues who dealt with the incident felt a mix of anger and relief following the incident.
"Anger that they've been subject again to another reckless attack, but relief that there's been no injuries sustained, either to them or to the public."
The PSNI has put in supports for them, Mr Kelly added.
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Meanwhile, the leader of the SDLP said she was appalled when she heard about the attack.
Claire Hanna said it is concerning, particularly given the similar nature of the attack in Lurgan three weeks ago.
Speaking on the same programme, Ms Hanna said the attacks point to a symptom of a failure to address the past conflicts.
"If we continue to put armed conflict at the centre of the national story, we can't be massively surprised when younger people still think this is the way to achieve their aims," Ms Hanna said.
Additional reporting PA
