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| Search follows base blast report | Search follows base blast report |
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| Police in Northern Ireland are investigating reports of an explosion near a Territorial Army base in north Belfast. | Police in Northern Ireland are investigating reports of an explosion near a Territorial Army base in north Belfast. |
| Police said members of the public reported hearing a bang in the Ashfield Crescent area off the Antrim Road in the early hours of Thursday. | Police said members of the public reported hearing a bang in the Ashfield Crescent area off the Antrim Road in the early hours of Thursday. |
| The area has been cordoned off while a suspect device which may have been thrown at the base is examined by Army technical experts. | The area has been cordoned off while a suspect device which may have been thrown at the base is examined by Army technical experts. |
| There are no reports of any injuries. | There are no reports of any injuries. |
| According to the MoD website, The North Irish Horse, a Royal Armoured Corp, is based at the Dunmore Park Camp. | |
| The website also says soldiers from the regiment train at the base most Wednesdays from 1930 BST to 2130 BST. | |
| There has been an increase in security following a number of recent incidents blamed on dissident republicans who opposed the peace process in Northern Ireland. | |
| Last Friday, a police officer's partner was injured when a bomb exploded under her car in east Belfast. | |
| In September, the dissident republican Real IRA admitted leaving bombs outside the homes of relatives of a police officer in Londonderry. |