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Bomb found in Belfast university area | Bomb found in Belfast university area |
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There have been a series of alerts in greater Belfast on Friday following the discovery of a pipe bomb in the university area. | |
Students and families left their homes overnight after the Army carried out a controlled explosion on the device in an alley off Eblana Street. | Students and families left their homes overnight after the Army carried out a controlled explosion on the device in an alley off Eblana Street. |
A number of roads have been closed during subsequent alerts. | A number of roads have been closed during subsequent alerts. |
Stockmans Way off Stockmans Lane has been closed near to the roundabout due to a report of a suspicious object. | Stockmans Way off Stockmans Lane has been closed near to the roundabout due to a report of a suspicious object. |
Traffic is being diverted. | Traffic is being diverted. |
Police said four men and a woman have been arrested over dissident republican activity in greater Belfast and it is understood two of the men were arrested in Eblana Street. | |
BBC Northern Ireland reporter Conor Macauley talked to a number of people who witnessed the security operation. | |
"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." | |
Alerts | |
There have been three bomb alerts in Newtownabbey on Friday. | |
A security alert in the Royal Avenue area of Belfast has ended. A number of people had to leave a shopping centre. | A security alert in the Royal Avenue area of Belfast has ended. A number of people had to leave a shopping centre. |
A security alert in the vicinity of Glengormley village is ongoing, however police say the Antrim Road and Carnmoney Road have reopened. | A security alert in the vicinity of Glengormley village is ongoing, however police say the Antrim Road and Carnmoney Road have reopened. |
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. | 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 found at business premises at Longwood Road, Newtownabbey, has been declared a hoax. | Meanwhile, a suspicious object found at business premises at Longwood Road, Newtownabbey, has been declared 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. | 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. |