'Barrack-buster' bomb made safe

Army bomb disposal experts have been made safe a fully-primed "barrack-buster" mortar bomb packed with 90kg of home-made explosives in Northern Ireland.

'Barrack-buster' bomb made safe

Army bomb disposal experts have been made safe a fully-primed "barrack-buster" mortar bomb packed with 90kg of home-made explosives in Northern Ireland.

The device was inside a Toyota Hiace van, hidden in Altmore Forest, between Carrickmore and Dungannon, Co Tyrone.

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