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08/10/2013
Alliance Party Bomb Alert Ends
A security alert at the Alliance Party offices in east Belfast today has been confirmed as a hoax.
The Upper Newtownards Road was closed between the Beersbridge Road and Grampian Avenue, but has since reopened.
Army bomb experts carried out a controlled explosion on a suspicious object that had been discovered in a bin close to the party offices.
An alert at Donegall Park in south Belfast was also a hoax, according to the PSNI.
Another bomb alert overnight in north Belfast was had forced residents to evacuate their homes in the Ballysillan area. They were told they could return home at 05:00 this morning.
(IT/CD)
The Upper Newtownards Road was closed between the Beersbridge Road and Grampian Avenue, but has since reopened.
Army bomb experts carried out a controlled explosion on a suspicious object that had been discovered in a bin close to the party offices.
An alert at Donegall Park in south Belfast was also a hoax, according to the PSNI.
Another bomb alert overnight in north Belfast was had forced residents to evacuate their homes in the Ballysillan area. They were told they could return home at 05:00 this morning.
(IT/CD)
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Security Alert Ends In West Belfast
A security alert in west Belfast has ended after nothing untoward was found. Army bomb experts were called to St Mary's Gardens in the Beechmount area around 9.30pm on Thursday night to examine a car. Some 100 homes were evacuated during the alert, with residents being moved to a nearby community centre.
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