Bomb defused outside hardline MP's office

A bomb was defused today outside the north Belfast office of hardline Democratic Unionist MP Nigel Dodds.

Bomb defused outside hardline MP's office
Thu, 17 Apr, 2003 - 09:52

A bomb was defused today outside the north Belfast office of hardline Democratic Unionist MP Nigel Dodds.

Army bomb disposal experts defused the device after a caller claiming to represent the Continuity IRA said the dissident republican group had planted a 100lb bomb.

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