(CNN)  -- A car bomb exploded outside a British army base in Northern Ireland early Monday, injuring one person. The blast went off about 12:30 a.m. (7:30 p.m. Sunday ET) outside the Palace Barracks in the Belfast neighborhood of Holywood where Britain's MI5 intelligence service has its regional headquarters. The incident occurred just 30 minutes after police powers were transferred from London to Belfast. According to a statement from the Police Service of Northern Ireland, the bomb was placed in a stolen taxi which had been hijacked late Sunday in North Belfast. The taxi driver was held by three males for almost two hours before being told to drive his silver Skoda to the base. Police added that security staff at the facility were made aware of the abandoned vehicle just before midnight and commenced evacuation procedures.
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Bomb goes off in Belfast neighborhood
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No immediate claim of responsibility
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Other recent attacks blamed on dissident Irish republicans
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Occured just 30 minutes after police powers transferred from London to Belfast
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