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Pipe bomb sparks security alert in Co Antrim

A Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) patrol car equipped with Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras in Belfast (Niall Carson/PA)

Tue, 18 Jan, 2022 - 06:38

Rebecca Black, PA

A small viable pipe bomb has been made safe following a security alert in Co Antrim.

The alarm was raised in the Tullyview area of Loughguile shortly after 8.50am on Sunday morning.

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