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Bomb found as homes evacuated in south Belfast | Bomb found as homes evacuated in south Belfast |
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Students and families in Belfast's university area have had to leave their homes overnight after a bomb was found. | Students and families in Belfast's university area have had to leave their homes overnight after a bomb was found. |
Army bomb experts carried out a controlled explosion on a viable device found in an alleyway near Eblana Street. | Army bomb experts carried out a controlled explosion on a viable device found in an alleyway near Eblana Street. |
University Street and Eblana Street have now reopened. | University Street and Eblana Street have now reopened. |
There is also a security alert on the Antrim Road in Glengormley. The road is closed between the Maxol filling station and Sandyknowes roundabout. | There is also a security alert on the Antrim Road in Glengormley. The road is closed between the Maxol filling station and Sandyknowes roundabout. |
Meanwhile, a suspicious object has been reported at business premises at Longwood Road, Newtownabbey. The entrance to the firm at Mill Road has been closed. | |
BBC Northern Ireland reporter Conor Macauley talked to a number of people who witnessed the security operation at Eblana Street on Thursday night. | |
"What appears to have happened is a silver taxi was stopped by police and a couple of men were dragged out of it, another was seen lying handcuffed in the street," he said. | |
"They were put in white forensic overalls and taken into custody." | |
He said he believed it was a small bomb that had been found as only a few homes had been evacuated. | |
In a separate alert, a suspicious device found at Finaghy Road North in Belfast near the railway line has turned out to be a hoax. | In a separate alert, a suspicious device found at Finaghy Road North in Belfast near the railway line has turned out to be a hoax. |
The area remains closed. Trains are being allowed to pass through the halt but rail travellers are being asked to use another station. | The area remains closed. Trains are being allowed to pass through the halt but rail travellers are being asked to use another station. |