27/01/2014

Carrick Security Alert Declared A Hoax

A security alert has ended in Carrickfergus, Co Antrim.

The alert, in the Broadlands area, is the third alert in just over a week.

Police and army bomb experts attended the scene on Monday following the discovery of two suspicious objects in the area. Residents were evacuated from their homes.

The incident has since been declared "elaborate hoaxes" by the PSNI. Residents have been allowed to return home.

Previous alerts, on 19 and 20 January, were also hoaxes.

(MH/CD)

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