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04/06/2007
‘Crude’ bomb found at housing estate
A bomb has been found in a residential area of south Belfast, the Police Service of Northern Ireland have revealed.
The device, described by a police spokesperson as “crude but viable”, was discovered at the rear of a British Telecom junction box on the Primrose Hill estate off Belfast’s Saintfield Road, just before 6:30am today.
Army Technical officers were called to the scene and removed a number of objects from the Ballylenaghan Heights site for examination.
MP Alasdair McDonnell said: “I would condemn those responsible for creating this device and leaving it where they left it.
“We have left a lot of this madness behind us and we want to keep it behind us.”
(JM/SP)
The device, described by a police spokesperson as “crude but viable”, was discovered at the rear of a British Telecom junction box on the Primrose Hill estate off Belfast’s Saintfield Road, just before 6:30am today.
Army Technical officers were called to the scene and removed a number of objects from the Ballylenaghan Heights site for examination.
MP Alasdair McDonnell said: “I would condemn those responsible for creating this device and leaving it where they left it.
“We have left a lot of this madness behind us and we want to keep it behind us.”
(JM/SP)
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