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06/06/2007
Belfast security alert 'hoax'
A security alert in east Belfast this morning has been declared a hoax.
Three suspicious objects close to a telephone box were removed for examination after they had been checked by Army technical officers.
The area in the Woodstock Road, between Willowfield Parade and Ardgowan Street, was closed for a time causing traffic disruption, but it has now been reopened.
(SP/KMcA)
Three suspicious objects close to a telephone box were removed for examination after they had been checked by Army technical officers.
The area in the Woodstock Road, between Willowfield Parade and Ardgowan Street, was closed for a time causing traffic disruption, but it has now been reopened.
(SP/KMcA)
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