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17/04/2003
Bomb defused at DUP MP's office
Army technical officers have dealt with an explosive device at the north Belfast office of DUP MP, Nigel Dodds.
The improvised explosive device, left close to the front door of the Shore Road office, was found just after 10.30 pm after a caller, claiming to represent dissident republican group the Continuity IRA, said a 100lb bomb had been left at the office.
A number of residents in the area needed to be evacuated for several hours.
Police confirmed a bomb had been left close to the front door of the office, but that it was not 100lb in size.
Mr Dodds said the attack was not just on him, but on democracy as a whole and that it showed terrorists were still at large and active.
(MB)
The improvised explosive device, left close to the front door of the Shore Road office, was found just after 10.30 pm after a caller, claiming to represent dissident republican group the Continuity IRA, said a 100lb bomb had been left at the office.
A number of residents in the area needed to be evacuated for several hours.
Police confirmed a bomb had been left close to the front door of the office, but that it was not 100lb in size.
Mr Dodds said the attack was not just on him, but on democracy as a whole and that it showed terrorists were still at large and active.
(MB)
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