02/07/2012
Other NI News In Brief
Samurai Sword Raid In Co Down
A man with a samurai sword robbed a filling station in County Down last night.
He was with another man and both had their faces covered when they threatened a member of staff in the petrol station on the Downpatrick Road in Ardglass.
The member of staff was not injured but the men escaped with cash in a Vauxhall Vectra that was later found by police.
North Belfast Bomb Alert 'Hoax'
A bomb alert that saw houses in the Antrim Road area evacuated has ended.
Workmen at Salisbury Avenue found a suspicious object, but bomb disposal experts later declared it a hoax.
Bonfire Men Attack Firefighters
Eight men threw bottles at firefighters and shouted abuse in the early hours of Sunday morning in Hamiltonsbawn, County Armagh.
The crews had responded to reports that a bonfire was out of control.
(NE/GK)
A man with a samurai sword robbed a filling station in County Down last night.
He was with another man and both had their faces covered when they threatened a member of staff in the petrol station on the Downpatrick Road in Ardglass.
The member of staff was not injured but the men escaped with cash in a Vauxhall Vectra that was later found by police.
North Belfast Bomb Alert 'Hoax'
A bomb alert that saw houses in the Antrim Road area evacuated has ended.
Workmen at Salisbury Avenue found a suspicious object, but bomb disposal experts later declared it a hoax.
Bonfire Men Attack Firefighters
Eight men threw bottles at firefighters and shouted abuse in the early hours of Sunday morning in Hamiltonsbawn, County Armagh.
The crews had responded to reports that a bonfire was out of control.
(NE/GK)
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Lisburn On Alert As Pipe Bomb Explodes
There's an ongoing security alert in progress in Lisburn, Co Antrim after a pipe bomb device exploded at 9.30am this morning. A family escaped injury in the blast and the PSNI have said this afternoon that is not clear if the explosion occurred when the car drove over it, or that it had fallen off the vehicle.
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