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Security alert forces Carrickfergus residents to leave homes Carrickfergus security alert declared elaborate hoax
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A number of controlled explosions have been carried out on a suspicious object in Carrickfergus, County Antrim. A security alert in Carrickfergus has ended after a number of controlled explosions were carried out on two suspicious objects.
A number of residents had to leave their homes in the town because of the security alert. Army bomb disposal experts were called to examine the objects at Broadlands Gardens on Sunday afternoon.
Army bomb disposal experts were called to examine the object at Broadlands Gardens on Sunday afternoon. The objects were declared elaborate hoaxes.
Police said between 20 and 30 residents have been taken to a nearby leisure centre. Between 20 and 30 residents had to leave their homes in the County Antrim town because of the security alert.
Police said the residents were taken to a nearby leisure centre.
One resident told the BBC it was normally a very quiet area.One resident told the BBC it was normally a very quiet area.
"I'm pretty devastated for everybody living here, because they're all affected," she said."I'm pretty devastated for everybody living here, because they're all affected," she said.
"The people who were targeted, they're badly affected too."The people who were targeted, they're badly affected too.
"It's unbelievable. This is a quiet area, we've lived here for nearly 20 years now and nothing like this has ever happened before.""It's unbelievable. This is a quiet area, we've lived here for nearly 20 years now and nothing like this has ever happened before."
Residents were allowed to return home shortly before 21:00 GMT on Sunday night.