NI Security on full alert after Belfast bomb

Security forces in Northern Ireland were on full alert today after a dissident republican bomb attack was thwarted in Belfast.

NI Security on full alert after Belfast bomb
Fri, 25 Oct, 2002 - 15:42

Security forces in Northern Ireland were on full alert today after a dissident republican bomb attack was thwarted in Belfast.

A hijacked Ford Transit van carrying the device was abandoned in Franklin Street.

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