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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 bomb in the university area. 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.
There have been three bomb alerts in Newtownabbey. 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.
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.