06/06/2007

Belfast security alert 'hoax'

A security alert in east Belfast this morning has been declared a hoax.

Three suspicious objects close to a telephone box were removed for examination after they had been checked by Army technical officers.

The area in the Woodstock Road, between Willowfield Parade and Ardgowan Street, was closed for a time causing traffic disruption, but it has now been reopened.

(SP/KMcA)

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