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07/07/2015
Suspicious Object Found In South Belfast 'Nothing Untoward'
Residents had to be evacuated from their homes during a security alert in south Belfast.
A suspicious object on the Ormeau Road was found to be nothing untoward.
Army bomb disposal experts were called to the scene and carried out tests on the device.
SDLP Leader Dr Alasdair McDonnell said: "This attack is a clear attempt to at least cause widespread disruption and at worst endanger life.
"By abandoning a device in a residential area these criminals have shown that they have little regard for the innocents that could be hurt in their misguided campaign. The timing of this attack on a main arterial route out of Belfast will cause mass delays for commuters.
"The people of South Belfast have been unequivocal in opposing violence and will treat this latest incident with the same contempt merited by every effort to reintroduce violence on our streets."
(CD/JP)
A suspicious object on the Ormeau Road was found to be nothing untoward.
Army bomb disposal experts were called to the scene and carried out tests on the device.
SDLP Leader Dr Alasdair McDonnell said: "This attack is a clear attempt to at least cause widespread disruption and at worst endanger life.
"By abandoning a device in a residential area these criminals have shown that they have little regard for the innocents that could be hurt in their misguided campaign. The timing of this attack on a main arterial route out of Belfast will cause mass delays for commuters.
"The people of South Belfast have been unequivocal in opposing violence and will treat this latest incident with the same contempt merited by every effort to reintroduce violence on our streets."
(CD/JP)
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