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22/11/2005
Pipe bomb found in Ballymena
The remains of a crude pipe bomb type device have been discovered outside a house in Co Antrim on Monday.
Army technical officers were tasked to examine a suspicious object found outside the property in the Dunvale area of the Dunclug Estate in Ballymena at around 9:15pm.
Minor damage was caused to the front property however there were no reports of any injuries. A number of items were removed for further examination.
It is believed two people were seen running towards the Cushendall Road on the Black Path at around the time of the incident. Police in Ballymena are appealing for information about the incident.
Elsewhere, police have declared an object found in the Fahan Street area of Londonderry on Monday as an elaborate hoax.
The suspicious object was discovered shortly before 6pm however following a controlled explosion it was declared a hoax.
Police cordons in the area came under sporadic attack from youths throwing stones, bottles, paint bombs and other missiles. Upwards of ten petrol bombs were also thrown.
There were no reports of any injuries.
(MB/SP)
Army technical officers were tasked to examine a suspicious object found outside the property in the Dunvale area of the Dunclug Estate in Ballymena at around 9:15pm.
Minor damage was caused to the front property however there were no reports of any injuries. A number of items were removed for further examination.
It is believed two people were seen running towards the Cushendall Road on the Black Path at around the time of the incident. Police in Ballymena are appealing for information about the incident.
Elsewhere, police have declared an object found in the Fahan Street area of Londonderry on Monday as an elaborate hoax.
The suspicious object was discovered shortly before 6pm however following a controlled explosion it was declared a hoax.
Police cordons in the area came under sporadic attack from youths throwing stones, bottles, paint bombs and other missiles. Upwards of ten petrol bombs were also thrown.
There were no reports of any injuries.
(MB/SP)
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