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17/05/2004
Suspect devices found outside SF member's house
Two suspect devices have been found outside the home of a Sinn Féin member in Co Antrim on Monday.
Army technical experts were called to the home of the man, who has not been named, on the Doury Road in Ballymena at around 7am.
One device was found under the man's car while a second device was discovered shortly afterwards at the side of the house.
The area in and around Doury Road has since been cordoned off.
PSNI Superintendent Terry Shevlin, speaking at the scene of the incident, said police were treating the finds as suspicious and said they looked like "improvised explosive devices".
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Army technical experts were called to the home of the man, who has not been named, on the Doury Road in Ballymena at around 7am.
One device was found under the man's car while a second device was discovered shortly afterwards at the side of the house.
The area in and around Doury Road has since been cordoned off.
PSNI Superintendent Terry Shevlin, speaking at the scene of the incident, said police were treating the finds as suspicious and said they looked like "improvised explosive devices".
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