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19/07/2013
Co Armagh Bomb Alert Declared An Elaborate Hoax
A bomb alert in County Armagh has been declared an elaborate hoax.
A number of houses had to be evacuated after army bomb experts examined a suspicious object on the Laurelvale Road in Tandragee.
All roads have now been reopened and residents have returned to their homes.
(CD/MH)
A number of houses had to be evacuated after army bomb experts examined a suspicious object on the Laurelvale Road in Tandragee.
All roads have now been reopened and residents have returned to their homes.
(CD/MH)
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