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18/11/2004
Firebomb discovered in Belfast shop
A controlled explosion has been carried out on an incendiary-type device found in a Belfast City centre shop yesterday evening.
Army Bomb Disposal officers were called in following a security alert at a wallpaper shop in North Street on Wednesday night.
The remains of the device have been removed for forensic examination.
This morning a bomb alert sparked by a suspect object found in the City's Cathedral Quarter has been declared a hoax. As a precautionary measure, Hill Street was sealed off for a time while security personnel examined a package left outside DoE offices.
Police have urged traders to be vigilant in the run-up to the Christmas shopping period.
(SP/'MB)
Army Bomb Disposal officers were called in following a security alert at a wallpaper shop in North Street on Wednesday night.
The remains of the device have been removed for forensic examination.
This morning a bomb alert sparked by a suspect object found in the City's Cathedral Quarter has been declared a hoax. As a precautionary measure, Hill Street was sealed off for a time while security personnel examined a package left outside DoE offices.
Police have urged traders to be vigilant in the run-up to the Christmas shopping period.
(SP/'MB)
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