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03/08/2004
Army deal with pipe bomb left outside family home
Army bomb disposal experts have carried out a controlled explosion on a pipe-bomb type device found outside a house in north Belfast this morning.
A family of four was inside the house in Ligoniel when the device was discovered at around 8am. Police have said that the device was primed and ready to detonate.
A number of items recovered from the scene have been taken away for forensic examination.
Sinn Féin Councillor Eoin O'Broin blamed loyalists for the incident, saying the house had been targeted for attacks in the past.
"I am in no doubt that this latest incident is a further escalation of an ongoing campaign against nationalists in this area," he said.
(gmcg)
A family of four was inside the house in Ligoniel when the device was discovered at around 8am. Police have said that the device was primed and ready to detonate.
A number of items recovered from the scene have been taken away for forensic examination.
Sinn Féin Councillor Eoin O'Broin blamed loyalists for the incident, saying the house had been targeted for attacks in the past.
"I am in no doubt that this latest incident is a further escalation of an ongoing campaign against nationalists in this area," he said.
(gmcg)
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