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Holy Cross Church: Controlled explosion on device | |
(about 2 hours later) | |
A controlled explosion has been carried out on a suspicious device outside a Catholic church in north Belfast. | |
The Crumlin Road remains closed following the discovery of the device at the front gates of Holy Cross Church. | The Crumlin Road remains closed following the discovery of the device at the front gates of Holy Cross Church. |
About eight homes in the area were evacuated. The road is closed between Ardoyne roundabout and Cambrai Street. | |
The police said the road was likely to remain closed for some time on Tuesday. | The police said the road was likely to remain closed for some time on Tuesday. |
Earlier, Fr Gary Donegan said that Mass at the church had not been disrupted during the Troubles in Northern Ireland but there were concerns that 10:00 BST Mass would not go ahead. | |
However, churchgoers were able to negotiate the cordon to get to church. | |
"I don't know what their motive is behind any of this kind of behaviour," Fr Donegan told the BBC. | |
"At the moment, all they have managed to do is prevent, should there have been a sick call or an emergency, the priests from leaving the monastery here." | "At the moment, all they have managed to do is prevent, should there have been a sick call or an emergency, the priests from leaving the monastery here." |
'Cut off' | 'Cut off' |
Fr Donegan said priests could not get in or out of the grounds. | Fr Donegan said priests could not get in or out of the grounds. |
"We're completely cut off at the moment," he said. | "We're completely cut off at the moment," he said. |
One family, who was moved out of their home, spent the night at Ardoyne community centre. | One family, who was moved out of their home, spent the night at Ardoyne community centre. |