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14/01/2015
PSNI Security Alert 'Nothing Untoward'
The PSNI has said a security alert at headquarters in east Belfast has ended, after a suspicious package was declared to be "nothing untoward".
The package was sent to the Knock Road complex in the post and was discovered at midday on Wednesday, sparking the alert.
Army bomb experts were sent, but the building was not closed and traffic remained unaffected.
The incident followed the discovery of another suspicious package in the post at the building on Thursday 8 January, In that instance, it was found to be a letter bomb intended for the Chief Constable, George Hamilton.
(IT/CD)
The package was sent to the Knock Road complex in the post and was discovered at midday on Wednesday, sparking the alert.
Army bomb experts were sent, but the building was not closed and traffic remained unaffected.
The incident followed the discovery of another suspicious package in the post at the building on Thursday 8 January, In that instance, it was found to be a letter bomb intended for the Chief Constable, George Hamilton.
(IT/CD)
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