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| Pipe bombs found at Nutts Corner, County Antrim | Pipe bombs found at Nutts Corner, County Antrim |
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| Two pipe bombs have been discovered during a security alert in County Antrim. | Two pipe bombs have been discovered during a security alert in County Antrim. |
| The bombs, which were in a bag, were found by a police patrol in a lay-by on the Belfast Road at Nutts Corner on Friday evening. | |
| They were examined by Army bomb disposal experts who made them safe. | They were examined by Army bomb disposal experts who made them safe. |
| Both devices have been taken away for further forensic examination and all roads have been reopened. Police have appealed for witnesses to contact them. | Both devices have been taken away for further forensic examination and all roads have been reopened. Police have appealed for witnesses to contact them. |
| Alliance Party councillor Alan Lawther said: "I utterly condemn the people who left those bombs there that could have been found by a passerby. | |
| "There's plenty of people park on their way to the airport, sit in for a while before going to pick someone up, and they could have come to harm. | |
| "Innocent people could have come to harm - it is totally irresponsible behaviour." |