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26/11/2013
Police Step Up Patrols Following Sunday's Partial Explosion
Vehicle checkpoints have been set up across Belfast in the wake of a partial explosion in Belfast city centre on Sunday night.
A car was left at the entrance to an underground car park at Victoria Square at around 21:30 on Sunday.
At around 11:15, as Army officers prepared to examine the device it partially exploded.
Police have now said that patrols are to "increase significantly", with a "very visible" police presence "in key locations at key times".
(MH/CD)
A car was left at the entrance to an underground car park at Victoria Square at around 21:30 on Sunday.
At around 11:15, as Army officers prepared to examine the device it partially exploded.
Police have now said that patrols are to "increase significantly", with a "very visible" police presence "in key locations at key times".
(MH/CD)
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