10/03/2015

Viable Pipe Bomb Found In North Belfast

A viable pipe bomb has been found in north Belfast, police have confirmed.

Police and army bomb experts discovered the device in the garden of a house in Shore Crescent on Monday.

The pipe bomb has been removed for further examination.

Police are appealing for anyone with information to contact them.

(CD/MH)


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