28/03/2014

22-Year-Old Arrested After Bomb Found In Holdall

Police have arrested a 22-year-old man in connection with an improvised explosive device found in a holdall on Thursday night.

Officers found the devices in a sportsbag in the Shaws Road area of West Belfast, and the man was arrested later when police stopped him out walking.

The bomb is being forensically examined and police appealed for anybody with information to contact them.

(MH/JP)

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