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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. The area has now reopened. | |
| There have also been three security alerts in Newtownabbey. | |
| The Antrim Road in Glengormley is closed in both directions in the area of Glengormley Village and Carnmoney Road. | |
| An earlier security alert on the Antrim Road in Glengormley between the Maxol filling station and Sandyknowes roundabout has ended. It was examined by army bomb experts and declared a hoax. | |
| 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. | 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. | 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. | "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." | "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. | 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. |