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Pipe bomb found at sports centre GAA team 'target of bomb attack'
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A pipe bomb has been found at an Antrim community centre where a GAA team was training, the town's mayor Adrian Watson has claimed. A pipe bomb has been found at a community centre in Antrim where a GAA team was training, the town's mayor Adrian Watson has said.
A security alert was declared after the suspicious device was found outside the community centre on the Stiles estate. A security alert was declared after a suspicious device was found outside the community centre on the Stiles estate.
Players from the local GAA club, who were in the centre playing football, were escorted from the premises. Players from St Comgall's GAA Club were escorted from the premises by police and the area has been cordoned off.
Army technical officers have been called to the scene and the area has been cordoned off. Mr Watson said it was a "disgusting attack by mindless thugs who had nothing to offer the community".
"These are young men training in a community centre surrounded by hundreds of home," he added.
"They have done nothing wrong, bar be members of a GAA club."
Police have said they are looking for a second device and the area will remain cordoned off until Friday morning when the search will resume in daylight.