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Bomb alert in east Belfast Belfast bomb alert: 'elaborate hoax'
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There is an ongoing security alert in east Belfast. A bomb alert in Parkgate Avenue in east Belfast has ended.
Army bomb experts are at Parkgate Avenue following the discovery of a suspicious object. Army bomb experts were called following the discovery of a suspicious object in the area which has since been described as "an elaborate hoax".
Parkgate Avenue is closed between Connsbrook Avenue and Mersey Street. Parkgate Avenue was closed between Connsbrook Avenue and Mersey Street but has now reopened.
Homes have been evacuated and Inverary Avenue Community Centre is providing temporary shelter for residents. Houses in the area had been evacuated but residents have now been allowed to return.