Man arrested over Ballycastle car bomb

The RUC has arrested a man in connection with the loyalist car bomb that was planted in Ballycastle, Co Antrim while thousands of tourists and locals were attending the annual Auld Lammas Fair.

The RUC has arrested a man in connection with the loyalist car bomb that was planted in Ballycastle, Co Antrim while thousands of tourists and locals were attending the annual Auld Lammas Fair.

The fully primed incendiary device was defused before it could detonate, but detectives have said it would certainly have caused death if it exploded.

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