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09/11/2017
Number Of Items Found During East Belfast Security Alert
A number of items have been found during a security alert in east Belfast.
Residents had to be evacuated from their homes as police sealed off part of Grand Parade on Wednesday evening, 08 November.
Army bomb disposal experts attended the scene and removed a number objects. They have been taken away for further forensic examination.
The road has since been re-opened.
(CD/JP)
Residents had to be evacuated from their homes as police sealed off part of Grand Parade on Wednesday evening, 08 November.
Army bomb disposal experts attended the scene and removed a number objects. They have been taken away for further forensic examination.
The road has since been re-opened.
(CD/JP)
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