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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. | |
Police say the "vast majority" of people moved from their homes as a result of the bomb returned to their homes on Sunday afternoon. | |
A number of road closures remain in place. | |
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." |
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." | |
The security alert began in Keady on Friday morning after a suspicious vehicle was abandoned in Davis Street. | |
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. |