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03/02/2006
Security alerts end in North and West Belfast
Army Technical Officers have carried out a controlled explosion on a suspicious car parked at the rear of the Antrim Road Police station in North Belfast.
A number of homes in the area had to be evacuated following the warning, which was given to a Belfast newsroom at around 9.30am today.
The Lower Cavehill Road remains closed off during a clean-up operation.
Meanwhile, a second bomb alert in the west of the city has also ended in what police have declared a "hoax."
A suspicious object was discovered just before 9am close to St. Colm's High school on the Twinbrooke Road, Dunmurray.
Over 700 pupils were evacuated from the school while Army Bomb experts investigated the scene.
The area surrounding the school has been reopened to traffic.
(EF/SP)
A number of homes in the area had to be evacuated following the warning, which was given to a Belfast newsroom at around 9.30am today.
The Lower Cavehill Road remains closed off during a clean-up operation.
Meanwhile, a second bomb alert in the west of the city has also ended in what police have declared a "hoax."
A suspicious object was discovered just before 9am close to St. Colm's High school on the Twinbrooke Road, Dunmurray.
Over 700 pupils were evacuated from the school while Army Bomb experts investigated the scene.
The area surrounding the school has been reopened to traffic.
(EF/SP)
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