21/11/2017

Security Alert In Ballynahinch Ends

A security alert in Bellynahinch has now ended.

A suspicious object was discovered in the Lisburn Street area on Tuesday, 21 November.

Army bomb disposal experts attended the scene and found what is believed to be part of a World War II device, which has been sent for further forensic examination.

The road has been re-opened.

(CD)

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