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Pipe bomb is found during west Belfast security alert | |
(about 2 hours later) | |
A pipe bomb has been discovered during a security alert in west Belfast. | |
Residents in Norfolk Parade had to leave their homes for a time while Army bomb experts made the device safe. | |
Residents are now back in their homes and the Glen Road, which was closed towards the Falls Road roundabout, has reopened. | Residents are now back in their homes and the Glen Road, which was closed towards the Falls Road roundabout, has reopened. |
Sinn Fein councillor Caoimhin Mac Giolla Mhin said those who had left the device in the street were reckless and had no support. | |
"This is a busy street with many families and elderly people living here, many of whom had to leave their homes for the duration of the night," he said. | |
"Anyone could have found this device or been injured or worse had it gone off." |
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