Two questioned in connection with mortar bomb find

Two men were being questioned by police today after a live mortar bomb was found in the North.

The pair were arrested yesterday in Lurgan by detectives probing the discovery of the bomb and launching tube close to a railway line in the Co Armagh town.

The device was uncovered close to the Cornakinnegar Road last week. Dissident republicans were believed to be behind a planned attack.

The two suspects are being questioned at the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s Serious Crime Suite in Antrim.