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| Homes evacuated after device found in north Belfast house | |
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| Thirty houses have been evacuated after police discovered a suspicious object during a search of a house in north Belfast. | |
| It was found in the property in Jamaica Street in Ardoyne on Thursday afternoon. | |
| Army bomb experts have arrived at the scene to examine the device. | |
| Ardoyne Community Centre has been opened for those residents affected. | |
| Sinn Fein Councillor Gerry McCabe has been to the scene of the alert. | |
| "The PSNI were carrying out what they described as a routine search of house in Jamaica street area of Ardoyne where they subsequently discovered this suspect device," he said. | |
| "They then put an operation in to evacuate homes in and around the area." | |
| Mr McCabe said police had told him they were hoping the alert would not cause too much disruption. | |
| "They were telling me they were hoping to clear it within a few hours," he said. | |
| "It has caused massive disruption to the families who live in and around the house where the device was found. | |
| "Thirty plus families have been evacuated from their homes. | |
| "The Ardoyne Community Centre has been open but many people have chosen to go and stay with friends and family." | |
| Motorists are being asked to avoid the area. | Motorists are being asked to avoid the area. |