Suspicious object found near school declared a hoax

The PSNI have confirmed that the security alert at Lagmore Drive in Dunmurry, in Belfast has now ended.

A suspicious object found in the vicinity of Christ the Redeemer Primary School was examined and has been declared a hoax.

All roads in the area have now re-opened.

Security alert in Lagmore Drive, Dunmurry is over. Item examined by ATO was found to be a hoax.

— Police Service NI (@PoliceServiceNI) March 7, 2016

Security services in the North are on heightened alert after a dissident group calling itself the 'New IRA' claimed that it was responsible for a bomb attack on Friday in which a prison officer suffered serious injuries.