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15/09/2016
'Suspicious Package' Found In Co Antrim
Residents have been evacuated from their homes after a 'suspicious package' was found in Lurgan, Co Antrim.
The package was discovered in the Windsor Avenue area which has been sealed off.
Police and army bomb disposal experts are currently at the scene.
Sinn Féin MLA Catherine Seeley said: "Those responsible for this disruption do not represent any significant part of our community.
"A number of families have been inconvenienced by having their homes evacuated.
"I would appeal to those responsible to cease these needless activities at once. There is no place for this in Lurgan."
(CD)
The package was discovered in the Windsor Avenue area which has been sealed off.
Police and army bomb disposal experts are currently at the scene.
Sinn Féin MLA Catherine Seeley said: "Those responsible for this disruption do not represent any significant part of our community.
"A number of families have been inconvenienced by having their homes evacuated.
"I would appeal to those responsible to cease these needless activities at once. There is no place for this in Lurgan."
(CD)
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