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28/05/2004
Offices of SDLP MLA targeted in bomb alert
The west Belfast office of SDLP MLA Alex Attwood has been targeted in a hoax bomb alert early this morning.
Two controlled explosions were carried out on the device after it was discovered at Mr Attwood's Andersonstown Road office shortly before 7am.
The Kennedy Way junction and Dunmisk Parr where both closed during the alert however they have since been reopened.
Last month, a similar device was sent to Mr Attwood at his Policing Board offices in Clarendon Docks, Belfast.
The device, which was packed with bolts, was defused and no-one was injured.
(MB)
Two controlled explosions were carried out on the device after it was discovered at Mr Attwood's Andersonstown Road office shortly before 7am.
The Kennedy Way junction and Dunmisk Parr where both closed during the alert however they have since been reopened.
Last month, a similar device was sent to Mr Attwood at his Policing Board offices in Clarendon Docks, Belfast.
The device, which was packed with bolts, was defused and no-one was injured.
(MB)
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