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| Viable pipe bomb found during alert in Newtownabbey | Viable pipe bomb found during alert in Newtownabbey |
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| A viable pipe bomb device has been seized by police during a security alert in Newtownabbey, County Antrim. | A viable pipe bomb device has been seized by police during a security alert in Newtownabbey, County Antrim. |
| A number of people had to leave their homes after police received a telephone call at 20:50 BST on Saturday to say a device had been left in the area. | A number of people had to leave their homes after police received a telephone call at 20:50 BST on Saturday to say a device had been left in the area. |
| It was located under a railway bridge at Whitehouse Park and examined by Army bomb experts. | It was located under a railway bridge at Whitehouse Park and examined by Army bomb experts. |
| Residents were allowed to return to their homes at about 00:45 BST on Sunday. | Residents were allowed to return to their homes at about 00:45 BST on Sunday. |
| Those responsible were condemned by the mayor of Newtownabbey Thomas Hogg. | |
| "This has caused very significant disruption to a large number of families in that area, a number of very elderly individuals and a number of severely disabled individuals displaced from their homes on a Saturday evening until the early hours of the morning," he said. | |
| "It's absolutely appalling and those responsible have no place in any sort of civilised society." | |
| Police have appealed for anyone with information to contact them. | Police have appealed for anyone with information to contact them. |