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13/04/2015
North Belfast Security Alert An Elaborate Hoax
A security alert in north Belfast today was an elaborate hoax.
Police were alerted after a suspicious object was found at a property on Upper Meadow Street on Monday.
Officers from the army bomb squad attended the scene and carried out a controlled explosion on the suspicious object.
After tests it was declared an elaborate hoax.
The area has been re-opened.
(CD/MH)
Police were alerted after a suspicious object was found at a property on Upper Meadow Street on Monday.
Officers from the army bomb squad attended the scene and carried out a controlled explosion on the suspicious object.
After tests it was declared an elaborate hoax.
The area has been re-opened.
(CD/MH)
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