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07/04/2003
Bomb alerts disrupt travel
Northern Ireland's two major airports were involved in separate bomb alerts this morning.
A terminal at Belfast City Airport was evacuated following a bomb warning. As a result, the Sydenham bypass was closed in both directions.
Earlier in the morning, Belfast International Airport was evacuated for a short while following a telephoned bomb warning. The incident was later declared a hoax.
Other hoaxes caused major disruptions and the M2 was closed for a time.
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A terminal at Belfast City Airport was evacuated following a bomb warning. As a result, the Sydenham bypass was closed in both directions.
Earlier in the morning, Belfast International Airport was evacuated for a short while following a telephoned bomb warning. The incident was later declared a hoax.
Other hoaxes caused major disruptions and the M2 was closed for a time.
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Loyalists thought to be behind pipe bomb attacks
Loyalist paramilitaries are thought to have been behind two separate, but connected, pipe bomb attacks in Londonderry early this morning. In the first attack five people, all Protestants, escaped injury after a pipe bomb was thrown at a house in Bond's Place in the Waterside area of the city at about 2am.
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