Police defuse bomb at crowded Antrim festival

Police have defused an incendiary device found in a car in Ballycastle, Co Antrim. It was discovered during a routine police patrol at 10am this morning.

Police defuse bomb at crowded Antrim festival

Police have defused an incendiary device found in a car in Ballycastle, Co Antrim. It was discovered during a routine police patrol at 10am this morning.

The RUC evacuated the area and called the army, whose sources say the bomb comprised of two gas cylinders, a detonator and a timer, which had been set.

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