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11/01/2006
Man released following student threats
A man arrested following a disturbance outside an East Belfast college on Monday has been released without charge.
The man was questioned over an incident, which allegedly involved threats being made on the lives of Catholic students.
It was reported that two men had verbally attacked students who were having a break from their performing arts course at Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education, in the Tower Street area of the city.
A police spokesperson said that the had men made sectarian threats to the students and then left. They later returned armed with knives.
(EF/SP)
The man was questioned over an incident, which allegedly involved threats being made on the lives of Catholic students.
It was reported that two men had verbally attacked students who were having a break from their performing arts course at Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education, in the Tower Street area of the city.
A police spokesperson said that the had men made sectarian threats to the students and then left. They later returned armed with knives.
(EF/SP)
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