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Security checks continue in Keady Residents return after bomb find
(about 4 hours later)
A security operation in Keady, County Armagh is continuing following the discovery of a viable mortar bomb. A security operation in Keady, County Armagh, is continuing following the discovery of a viable mortar bomb.
Roads remain closed to cross border traffic and residents have been out of their homes for a second night. Police say the "vast majority" of people moved from their homes as a result of the bomb returned to their homes on Sunday afternoon.
On Friday, a bomb left near the police station was made safe, but police are still investigating what they describe as the "scene of a major crime". A number of road closures remain in place.
Sinn Féin councillor Darren McNally claims police have not kept local people informed. Residents had been out of their homes for a second night following the discovery of the bomb in a van near Keady police station on Friday.
Earlier on Sunday, Sinn Féin councillor Darren McNally claimed police had not kept local people informed.
"The police have been very slow to get information on to the ground with local people," he said."The police have been very slow to get information on to the ground with local people," he said.
"The community does not know what is happening.""The community does not know what is happening."
PSNI Chief Superintendent Alasdair Robinson said police understood the frustration of residents who have been moved from their homes and were doing "their utmost to ensure the area is safe so that residents can return to their homes". But PSNI Chief Superintendent Alasdair Robinson said police understood the frustration of residents and were doing "their utmost" to ensure the area was safe so they could return to their homes.
"It must be remembered that it is the people who abandoned this device who have put the lives of local people in danger and who have caused disruption and upset to the community," he said."It must be remembered that it is the people who abandoned this device who have put the lives of local people in danger and who have caused disruption and upset to the community," he said.
"Facilities and accommodation have been arranged by the appropriate agencies for residents who have been evacuated. "Facilities and accommodation have been arranged by the appropriate agencies for residents who have been evacuated."
"Police and army technical officers are continuing their work at the scene." The security alert began in Keady on Friday morning after a suspicious vehicle was abandoned in Davis Street.
The security alert began in Keady on Friday morning after a suspicious vehicle was abandoned in Davis Street, close to the station.
The viable device was made safe and removed from the van for further examination.The viable device was made safe and removed from the van for further examination.
Police said the device "had the potential to cause death or serious injury".Police said the device "had the potential to cause death or serious injury".
No organisation has claimed responsibility for the mortar bomb, but dissident republicans are suspected to be behind it.No organisation has claimed responsibility for the mortar bomb, but dissident republicans are suspected to be behind it.