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Suspicious device found in Belfast

A security operation is underway in Belfast this evening after a suspicious device was discovered...
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18.00 9 Mar 2013


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Suspicious device found in Bel...

Suspicious device found in Belfast

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18.00 9 Mar 2013


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A security operation is underway in Belfast this evening after a suspicious device was discovered on Glenmachen Street.

The area has been closed off, a number of homes and businesses have been evacuated and the army bomb disposal team is currently at the scene. 

It comes just hours after five police officers were injured last night when a crowd of up to 100 people attacked them with bricks and bottles in Glengormley.

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A car was also set on fire and the windows of the Alliance Leader David Ford's constituency office were smashed.

Local Councillor John Blair says the violence broke out after a group of men tried to remove tri colour flags from lamp posts: 


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