21/02/2017

Suspicious Object Found In West Belfast

A number of residents have been evacuated from their homes during a security alert in west Belfast.

A suspicious object was discovered in Conway Street on Tuesday, 21 February.

The road has closed and police and army bomb disposal experts are at the scene.

No other information has been released.

(CD)

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