17/10/2005
Houses evacuated during security alert
An area of south Belfast has been hit by two security alerts in the past 24 hours.
In the most recent incident, a number of houses in Newforge Lane, off the Malone Road, have been evacuated after a device was discovered in the area on Monday morning.
In the same spot just hours earlier a controlled explosion was carried out on a "viable device" which was found after a telephone bomb warning was made on Sunday night.
Residents were taken to the nearby Newforge Country Club, but were all later allowed to return home. The alert began at about 9.30pm on Sunday.
Malone Road and Balmoral Avenue had been closed for a time, but the roads were later reopened. Newforge Lane is still cordoned off following the discovery of the second device.
There is no further information at present.
(MB/SP)
In the most recent incident, a number of houses in Newforge Lane, off the Malone Road, have been evacuated after a device was discovered in the area on Monday morning.
In the same spot just hours earlier a controlled explosion was carried out on a "viable device" which was found after a telephone bomb warning was made on Sunday night.
Residents were taken to the nearby Newforge Country Club, but were all later allowed to return home. The alert began at about 9.30pm on Sunday.
Malone Road and Balmoral Avenue had been closed for a time, but the roads were later reopened. Newforge Lane is still cordoned off following the discovery of the second device.
There is no further information at present.
(MB/SP)
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