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11/05/2010
Newry Pipe Bombers Slammed
There has been outrage after a pipe bomb was left on a street in the border city of Newry.
The Army were called to the scene on Monday afternoon after the device was discovered at Drumgullion Avenue. The alert ended at about 9.15pm
SDLP Newry and Armagh MLA Dominic Bradley has expressed his relief nobody was hurt after the bomb was made safe on Monday night.
Mr Bradley said: "First and foremost, the wider public I have talked to about this incident are relieved there were no causalities after this incident.
"After that, there is a feeling of anger that people think it is right to leave these devices in public places.
"The people of Newry and the constituency as a whole are sick and tired of this type of activity. There is simply no place for it," he said.
"I urge anybody with information about this incident to pass it to the police without delay."
(BMcC/GK)
The Army were called to the scene on Monday afternoon after the device was discovered at Drumgullion Avenue. The alert ended at about 9.15pm
SDLP Newry and Armagh MLA Dominic Bradley has expressed his relief nobody was hurt after the bomb was made safe on Monday night.
Mr Bradley said: "First and foremost, the wider public I have talked to about this incident are relieved there were no causalities after this incident.
"After that, there is a feeling of anger that people think it is right to leave these devices in public places.
"The people of Newry and the constituency as a whole are sick and tired of this type of activity. There is simply no place for it," he said.
"I urge anybody with information about this incident to pass it to the police without delay."
(BMcC/GK)
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